Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

The best way to write a perfect sentence is to lower your standards. I hope that advice doesn’t come across as some bait and switch, that there is no such thing as a perfect sentence. I do believe in ...

S1: Hey there , San Diego. It's Andrew Bracken in for Jade Hyneman on today's show. A new book aims to help us become better writers and craft better sentences. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting ...

How can you create a balance between short and long sentences, and how does that change the flow of ideas in your writing? This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences ...

The Writing Elements sequence approaches language as material in much the same way a fine arts class might study paint or clay. Specifically operating as a bridge between Studio and Critical Thinking ...

A run‐on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together with insufficient punctuation. This means that there are two or more complete sentences fused into one sentence. Use a colon: a ...