When it comes to essay writing, some words are especially powerful. I call them Power Words. I’m Tutor Phil, and in this tutorial, you’ll harness the power of four such words. What can...
Category: Grammar
The way you use contractions (e.g. "Do not" vs "Don’t") tells your reader a lot about you. If you are not clear on how to use them, You may convey that you haven’t done a lot of writing in...
A sentence is a statement that consists of at least a subject and a verb. Optionally, it contains an object. The subject is what the sentence is about. The verb is what the subject...
Subject-Verb Agreement is a rule that states that the verb must take the number of the subject. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular. If the subject is plural, the verb must be in...
These words sound the same, but have totally different meanings. And if you keep confusing them with one another in your essays, then: Your grade will suffer Your professor will think that you...
A comma (,) is one of the two most commonly used punctuation marks (along with a period). It is also a source of a lot of frustration for the graders of essays and term papers. Why? A skipped...