All writers make mistakes, certainly including me. It's better to spot your own instead of having a reader do it. You'll find a few examples, listed below, that challenge you to correct them. One of ...

“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...

Good news, kind of. I discovered a new sentence structure I hate. It’s a pattern I see often but only recently, while editing an article, realized it belongs in my writing hall of shame. Why would I ...