Writing Skills Training and Resources
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Who We Are
From 1988 to 2019, Nancy taught writing and literature at Columbia College, serving for eight years as dean of the Division of Communication, Languages, and Literatures and for fifteen years as director of the writing-across-the-curriculum program.
What We Offer
Get It Write offers customized writing skills seminars as well as free access to articles on common grammar, mechanics, and usage issues.
Face-to-Face Seminars
We offer seminars ranging in length from one hour to several days and covering a wide range of writing-related issues: grammar, mechanics, usage, clarity, organization, focus, development, an economy of language, and audience awareness.
Online Courses
Visit the Get It Write Online Academy to learn about asynchronous online courses. Learn at your own pace from video lectures, content quizzes, practice exercises, and video reviews.
Articles
Several times a month, we publish short articles addressing common questions professionals have about writing and about English grammar, mechanics, and usage. Search the archive of past articles, and subscribe to have the latest content delivered to your inbox.
Additional Services
- Executive Resumes and Cover Letters
- Editing Projects
- In-House-Style Guides
Recent Articles
A Slip of the Ear: Misheard and Misused Expressions
We humans are notorious for butchering our native tongue in strange and often humorous ways. But did you know there are terms for some of those linguistic faux pas? Let’s take a look at a few kinds of misheard and misused expressions: Malapropisms A malapropism is...
When Sentences Start with “Here” or “There”
In most declarative English sentences, the subject precedes the verb. But when a sentence starts with either here or there, the order is often reversed, and we are tempted to use a singular verb when we need a plural one. Can you spot the agreement error in each of...
Myself (and Other Reflexive Pronouns)
Elsewhere on this site, we explain when to use I and me. This article is specifically about myself and other reflexive pronouns. People commonly misuse myself. Sometimes they mistakenly use it as a subject, such as in the expression “Anna and myself are going home.”...