Most writers strive to be concise in their documents, which means seeking to express ideas clearly and comprehensively without the...

When writing, audience and subject matter are determining factors for the appropriate level of formality to use to create an academic...

Most academic documents include numerical data, especially quantitative focused works. The numerical information is often represented in...

The word expletive has more than one meaning. Most people are familiar with its definition as profanity and use as a noun. However, few...

For the past few weeks, I have been conducting writing webinars at new graduate student orientation for several universities. The...

An unspoken rule in writing is not to repeat the same word or phrase too closely together in a sentence or paragraph. While this rule...

Academic must writers use adjectives, adverbs and descriptive phrases to paint a clear picture of their research ideas for the reader....

In the English language, sentences revolve around the action of the sentence, which is expressed through the verb. At times, writers...

Rules for spelling numbers out and writing them numerically vary. Grammar handbooks state that numbers of one or two words should be...

Writers want to avoid repetition in their documents. Though we need to include articles (a/an) and conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or,...

In sentences, verbs express the action of a sentence while the subject expresses who or what does the action. The subjects and verbs of...

Most people are familiar with the concept of a thesis; simply stated, a thesis statement expresses the main idea of a document. However,...

Using proper verb tense can be tricky in academic documents because a writer typically discusses research that has been done (past...

When describing their projects, scholars sometimes present the goal of their research apprehensively. Though it is important not to draw...

Many elements that strengthen academic writing have less to do with issues of right and wrong and more to do with issues of style, tone...

Since the comma has numerous uses, a writer can easily misuse it. While some writers are “comma happy” and tend to use too many commas,...

Is writer’s block real? Some scholars don’t believe so; they attribute the notion of writer’s block to people who are too rigid in their...

When editing academic documents, I often have to change verb tenses to ensure that a scholar writes in a consistent verb tense....

Often, I tell writers, "If you master writing at the paragraph level, you will master writing." Why....because a paragraph is simply a...

As an editor, I am often asked to “elevate the language” of academic documents, which requires focusing on diction, or word use. Diction,...