Communication, Email Writing, Writing Writing to Your Child’s Teacher (Part Two) For the most part, Lucia’s three children are doing well at their new school. They are making friends and keeping…
Communication, Email Writing, Writing Writing to Your Child’s Teacher (Part One) As the mother of a five-year-old girl who recently started kindergarten, Ashley is amazed at how much school has changed…
Academic Writing, Business, Writing Organizing Your Academic Paper or Business Report You have selected a topic for an academic paper, or perhaps you need to write a report for work that…
Academic Writing, Writing The Finish Line: How to Write a Conclusion You have almost finished drafting your academic paper or business report. You feel pretty good about your introduction, and you…
Academic Writing, Writing How to Write a Strong Introduction You have been staring at a blank screen for half an hour. Your head is pounding and your eyes are…
Academic Writing, Writing Back to School: How to Ask for Help Haneen, an international student at a large American university, was struggling to complete one of her assignments for an English…
Academic Writing, Writing Back to School: 7 Tips to Help You Ace Your Writing Assignments In North America, the UK, and certain other parts of the world, it’s time to start a new school year….
Communication, Email Writing, Writing Formal vs. Informal Writing: What’s the Difference? You may have noticed some new features at TextRanch lately. In place of our old menu of options, you can…
Grammar, Writing Pronouns and More A pronoun is a word we use in place of a noun or a noun phrase. Pronouns are easier and…
Grammar, Writing Possessives: Where to put the apostrophe and the S We use possessives when we want to show that something belongs to a person, or when people are somehow connected…
