Grammar, Writing Asking for Permission: Should You Use “Can” or “May”? One question that has popped up a few times on our Ask An Editor feature is whether to use “can”…
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…
Business, Communication, Email Writing, Writing When Symbols Replace Words (Part Two) In our previous post, we looked at some symbols that are often used in place of written words. We highlighted…
Business, Communication, Email Writing, Writing When Symbols Replace Words (Part One) If you’ve spent any time at all on social media, you have seen posts where symbols are used in place…
Communication, Editing, Grammar, Writing When Is it Okay to Use Contractions? A contraction is a shortened version of two or more words that have been joined together to form one word….
