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Action Verbs and Non-Action Verbs

Verbs are often described as “action words”. These are the words that tell us what somebody is doing. Actually, this…

One question that has popped up a few times on our Ask An Editor feature is whether to use “can”…

You might not be familiar with the term “coordinating conjunctions”, but they are everywhere in English writing. A conjunction, as…

At this time last year, we went over some ways to improve your writing in 2023. To build on the…

Selena works as a leasing agent at a large apartment community. Part of her job involves dealing with residents (or…

Could you check to make sure this sounds polite? This is an important email, and I don’t want to be…

If you are like the majority of our TextRanch customers, English is not your first language. You may have devoted…

As the owner of a business that prepares tax returns for both individuals and small companies, Ana sends out a…

Let’s start by comparing a couple of sentences. They are exactly same, except for the punctuation mark at the end….

In our recent articles (which you can find here and here), we have been focusing on word pairs that many…