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Wrong word errors are really common, but they are also easy to fix once you understand the definitions. Sometimes, we make a wrong word error when we are using the thesaurus and trying to...

It’s important to remember that introductory words and phrases—any words or phrases that come before the main clause in a sentence and often modify the subject of the sentence—should be set off with a...

Pronouns are actually just another type of noun, but because they’re such an important noun type and so commonly used, they’re usually classified as a separate part of speech. A pronoun is a noun that...

Verbs are the parts of speech that show action or indicate a state of being. We put them with nouns, and we create complete sentences. Like nouns, verbs are foundational in our vocabulary, and...

What is that dash for anyway? There are two different kinds of dashes: the em dash and the en dash. These are very different than their smaller cousin, the hyphen. You can remember dash...

What are those three little dots for? A lot of people seem to use an ellipsis to show a pause or hint at the future in informal writing. Ellipses appear this way frequently in...

When should you use an exclamation mark? Honestly, you won’t use a lot of exclamation marks in academic writing. The exclamation mark is kind of the equivalent of yelling, and most academic writing situations...

Hyphenating Words “The basic rule of hyphens . . . is that they’re used to form compound modifiers, that is, to link two or more words that are acting as adjectives or sometimes adverbs.” (Casagrande,...

Parentheses: More Than Helpful Emoticon Tools Interestingly, parentheses can do more than make smiley faces :) and sad faces :( like these. Although they are quite handy for these important emoticons, they serve an...

The Question Mark: It Raises Some Good Questions Question marks are pretty simple. You should use a question mark at the end of a question like this: However, there is one situation involving question...