So we've done participles and gerunds, and because @glamAtude asked whether we could talk about appositives, here we go: An appositive is a word or phrase that follows a noun and gives more ...

Just in case you aren't keenly aware yet of their value, the skillful use of appositives is an open secret to more engaging and lively writing. An appositive is a noun form that often comes directly ...

There’s a cartoon about commas going around on the Internet. The first panel reads: “With the Oxford comma: We invited the strippers, JFK, and Stalin.” The illustration shows four people: two men, one ...

THE problem with most bad writing is that it's often so general and lacking in texture and depth. The people, places, or things used as subjects seem to exist only in two-dimensional space, as in a ...