I was talking to my friend Sarah the other day, and she pointed something out that has been on my mind for a while. She launched her start-up a few years ago, and while it was a tight team for the ...

Writers who need to persuade an audience usually think about logos, ethos, and pathos. Or about what they need to say. But, ironically, where you put information can trump what you say. Moreover, ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the single most effective instructional strategy you have used to teach writing? Teaching and learning good writing can be a challenge to educators and ...

Habits are powerful things. And they can be quite positive. Take the following example. Catharine Du Bois, assistant professor of legal writing at Brooklyn Law School, clerked for U.S. District Judge ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...