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Continue reading →: The Only 3 Essay Writing Tips You’ll NeedAre you having trouble with essay writing? Here are 3 tips that can help you improve your essay writing skills. Over my many years of being an English tutor, I’ve noticed that many high school students have trouble with essay writing. Some don’t understand the format, some don’t know how…
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Continue reading →: How to Lengthen Paragraphs with a Few Simple QuestionsAre you having trouble lengthening your paragraphs? Do you want to make them more detailed? If so, here’s a method you can try. I once had a student write me a paragraph telling me what they did over spring break. About 30 minutes after I gave her the assignment, she…
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Continue reading →: The Definitive Guide to Using Punctuation MarksWant to know how to use punctuation marks correctly? Read on! Punctuation marks can be confusing. There are so many and some marks have multiple uses. It can be become difficult to remember all of the rules. I remember in college, I took an English literature class and had to…
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Continue reading →: How to Prevent Double Negatives in SentencesWant to know what double negatives are? And how to prevent them? Read on. Have you ever heard anyone say “I ain’t no snitch!” or “I ain’t never been there.”? Well, these (along with the use of the word “ain’t”) are grammatical errors. These are called double negatives and they…
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Continue reading →: What Are Dangling Modifiers? (And How to Fix Them)
Are you confused about what modifiers (specifically dangling modifiers) are? This article will clear things up for you. Dangling modifiers are modifiers that do not do their job, like that one guy who only has one job assigned to him, but he never does it correctly (don’t you just hate…
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Continue reading →: What Are Misplaced Modifiers? (And How To Fix Them)
Are you having trouble understanding what modifiers are? This blog post will help clear up some of that confusion. Modifiers are words that add more meaning to a sentence. They usually modify people, places, or things or actions stated in the sentence. Example: The big football player charged aggressively at the…
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Continue reading →: How to Use Direct and Indirect QuotesAre confused about how to use direct and indirect quotes? This article will clear things up for you. In writing, there are two types of quotations. The first, probably the one that you know of, is the direct quote. How To Use Direct Quotes The direct quote is the exact…
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Continue reading →: How to Use Commonly Misused WordsAre you confused with how to use who and whom? What about lay and lie? How about raise and rise? If you are this article is for you. Using incorrect words can be embarrassing. You use one word, but what you were supposed to use was another word that sounds…
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Continue reading →: How to Write a Newspaper ArticleIn this article, I am going to break down the newspaper article and share tips on how to write each part. Have you ever had dreams of being a journalist? Or, here’s the more likely scenario: Do you have to know how to write a newspaper article for school? If…
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Continue reading →: How To Write Paragraphs
Ever wonder if you’re writing paragraphs correctly? If so, this article is for you as I am going to go over the components of a paragraph. I’ve been tutoring English for a while now and a lot of my students don’t know how to write paragraphs properly. They know what…
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