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Run-on sentences never seem to end. Although they let us express so much of our thoughts in so many different ways, run-on sentences offend our readers, listeners, and friends, without our even realizing it. Beware of run-on sentences “Take a Breather, Will Ya?” When I was growing up, I lived in a cul-de-sac...

One crucial aspect of professional editing is the process of fact-checking. Merriam-Webster.com defines fact-checking as “to verify the factual accuracy of.” (Something more people should be doing…) Fact-checking is not exciting stuff. In fact, fact-checking is probably the most tedious and mundane aspect...

When you need to begin proofreading your work, it can be an overwhelming and daunting task. You don’t know what to look for or where to start. However, if you take advantage of the resources available to you and also know a few basic editing rules to keep as a focus, you will have no problem doing the...

The methodology section of a long piece of academic writing can be very tricky. Researchers often have an intuitive, gut feel about what they want to find out and how they intend to do so. Having to define this in the technical terms of what often seems a very abstruse field of inquiry can present challenges....

Avoid Writing Mistakes in Texting Everyone’s a writer these days. The ubiquity of cell phones and texting means that the average kid has written the equivalent of several Moby Dicks and a War and Peace to boot by the time they turn twelve. All this writing includes plenty of mistakes in texting. Unfortunately,...