Writing Help

In academic essays, avoid first-person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us our) when they don’t serve a useful purpose.

Getting rid of dangling participles will make your writing more clear, precise, and grammatical.

Hyphens, dashes, and parentheses are just a few tools that can help give your writing more diversity, allowing you to convey the subtlety.

When presenting a series of two or more similar items (e.g., items in a list, duties in a job description, steps in a procedure, or glossary entries), write all items using the same (i.e., parallel) structure.

Use plural forms for general statements to avoid sexist language, the ungrammatical use of “they,” and awkward “he or she” combinations.

The affect/effect distinction poses a challenge for many writers. Because these words are used commonly, it is worth investing a little time in learning this distinction.

Make a common error checklist that you can pull out before the next assignment.

Transitions are words and phrases that aid readers in seeing the connection between ideas in sentences and paragraphs.

While fragments can be found in advertising and informal writing, they are viewed as a serious problem in academic and business writing.

Grammar series.