What are run-on sentences and how to get rid of them

A run-on sentence is two or more independent clauses incorrectly presented in a single sentence. They are considered bad because they can be distracting to readers and prevent the writer from clearly communicating information. So what is an “independent clause”? In grammar, a clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a … Continue Reading

We are middle-class people

In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English. How would you combine the following information to write one sentence only?

My daughter is as stubborn as a mule

In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English. The following text contains some mistakes and is not very well written. Let’s see if we can correct the mistakes and improve the text… My daughter, who has only 8 years … Continue Reading

Writing Workshop: a housewarming party

In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English. You see below a poorly written text with quite a few mistakes. Our task for this workshop is to spot the mistakes and write a correct version of the text. My … Continue Reading

Writing Workshop: Why oh why?

In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English.

Here we have a poorly written text with quite a few mistakes…

“Maybe” versus “may be”

In the Confusables series, we talk about English words and expressions that are easily confused with one another because of similarities in spelling, pronunciation, and/or meaning. This is a source of confusion but it shouldn’t be, because the difference is clear-cut! As usual, I am not going to provide a grammatical analysis. Instead, we’re just … Continue Reading

Writing Workshop: birthday present

What you see below is a poorly written text with quite a few mistakes: You don’t seem happy of your birthday present. Don’t you like it? What?! You wanted diamond necklace?! Who do you think am I? Bill Gates? No! I never said I will buy you jewellery! Stop to have such unrealistic expectations. You … Continue Reading