Does Your Writing Depend on Depends? Clean up This Messy Grammar Mistake.
You read that right. There are some sentences that depend on depends. And that stinks. Of course, I’m not really talking about …
The Ghost of It: Is Your Essay Haunted by This Grammar Mistake?
Nobody wants to read a haunted sentence. Yet they happen surprisingly often. Take the following. By reading this blog post, it may …
Guest Post: Blog in College for Career Benefits
Earlier this week I was a guest on Lili’s Reflections talking about how writing a blog while in college can prepare you …
“Will I Ever Use This?”: Hone Your Job Skills in College Classes
Most college students are in school to get the skills and credentials they need to get a job, and most college students …
Dressing Your Writing Assignment: Avoid These 3 Informal Words and Phrases
Most everybody knows that academic writing means formal writing. I’ll bet you’d never start a paper, “So, I was thinking about the …
Breaking Writer’s Block with Your ABCs (Yes, Really)
Everyone faces it. The blank page (or blank screen, as the case may be). No matter how carefully we plan and outline, …
5 Smart-Sounding Traps that Make You Look like a Newbie in Your College Writing
When working on a piece of college writing, naturally everyone wants to sound smart. Everyone wants the professor to be bowled over …