With this issue of the "Journal of Faculty Development," we begin a new feature called "Brief Communications." Manuscripts that do not fit one of the regular "JFD" categories may be published as Brief Communications. These pieces must still meet the "Journal's" publication standards in all other respects. Brief Communications will be much shorter than our full-scale articles and will appear at the end of each "Journal" issue. This contribution discusses common errors found in scholarly writing, and possible solutions.