What We Wish Every First-Year College Student Knew
Most of this website is devoted to writing and editing matters, but the following post is not. Instead, it grew out of a collective desire...
What Exactly Is Grammar, Anyway?
What Exactly Is Grammar, Anyway? Thanks to Martha Brockenbrough, since 2008 we have celebrated National Grammar Day here in the U.S. every year on March...
“Which” Craft: The Broad/Implied/Vague “Which”
Communication is difficult enough under the best of circumstances, so we need to do everything possible to ensure that our writing is as clear and...
Achieving Coherence in Writing: Transition Words and Phrases
Among the many tasks facing a writer, one of the most important is to provide transitions that explain how ideas in a text are related...
Using the Ellipsis
The ellipsis is used to indicate the omission of words in the middle of a quoted sentence or the omission of sentences within a quoted...
