Language & Grammar

Comma usage remains one of the most misunderstood concepts in writing. The misconception that a comma can be arbitrarily inserted to denote a pause must be dispensed with. There…

Before we address the grammatical error of dangling participles in a sentence, it is important to understand the role of a participle in a sentence. Participles can have more than…

“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” – Ernest Hemingway Plato considers art (and therefore writing) as being…

In academic writing, precision and clarity in language is important. Ensuring a nuanced balance between certainty and caution can only be achieved by the strategic use of language;…

The knowledge of syntactical rules is important if we wish to form correct sentences that appropriately convey a given idea. An elliptical construction is one in which a word or…

Due to its diverse influences, the English language is full of seemingly illogical constructions and rules. However, correct usage of language should be an editor’s forte and…

All languages evolve over time, both through internal developments and through interactions with many other languages. English is Germanic in its roots and was established by the…

In written communication, consistency can be defined as the orderly presentation of a set of linked/associated elements in the text. These elements can be considered to be linked…

In academic writing (or in writing in general), wordiness is hardly next to Godliness. Writers often tend to express themselves in a convoluted manner using weak words that fail to…

Although research would significantly benefit from clear and direct writing, it often becomes crucial to adhere to a certain style of writing, in this case academic style, which…

Why is Punctuation Important? Writing formally in English is more than just choosing the right words in the right order. Using punctuation in your writing helps the reader to…

While prepositions are limited in number, they are important because they act as vital markers to the structure of a sentence; they mark special relationships between persons,…