Category: Writing Tips

I have zero giraffes. I have one giraffe. I have two giraffes. It seems somewhat of a grammatical oddity that when used in a sentence, zero is plural. After all, plural means two or...

  Like any other organ in your body, your brain needs food! Just as you shouldn’t exercise without at least eating something like a banana first, it’s generally a good idea to snack on...

It’s one of the most common axioms you’ll encounter in reviews online, to your English paper, and even by your peers: “Show, don’t tell.” Unfortunately, this is only a vague piece of advice. Of...

If you share your writing online, such as the Young Writers Society, you’ve probably run into the reviews problem; that is, sometimes it can feel like you’re pushing against the tide just to get...

It’s one of the most annoying peculiarities of the English language, instilling dread in both elementary student and published author alike. I speak, of course, of its versus it’s. Normally, to mark the possessive...

I’m pretty sure that I never learned how to properly use semicolons or how to avoid comma splices in school. If I did, then it was relegated to a brief lesson back in seventh...

Image Credit: http://theteacherwife.blogspot.com/2012/02/when-to-use-or-a-quick-writing-lesson.html It may seem like the simplest rule in the English language: use “a” when it precedes a word that begins with a consonant, and use “an” when the word begins with...