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What Is the Singular They? They is a third-person pronoun, usually referring to a group of something. It is possible, ho...

Do you consider yourself a hard worker? A team player? A people person? Whatever you do, don’t tell that to the person read...

What Is an Introductory Phrase? An introductory phrase is like a clause, but it doesn’t have its own subject and verb; it...

It’s a cross between a ninja throwing star and a spinning top. It’s a useful way to enhance focus, and it’s a huge distract...

Various educators teach rules governing the length of paragraphs. They may say that a paragraph should be 100 to 200 words ...

On the ninth day of LitMas . . . . . . you get nine wonderful novellas! Novellas tend to fly under the radar. Readers kno...

Every November, wordsmiths around the globe take on the ultimate writing challenge—to crank out a 50,000-word novel in just...

Interrupters are little thoughts in the middle of a thought, added to show emotion, tone or emphasis. When we use an interr...

By Laura Wallis for The Stir by CafeMom I come from a long line of English teachers on my mother’s side. I remember being ...

Guest post from Scott Yates Abbreviations and acronyms have embedded themselves in English as somewhat of an auxiliary lan...