When we write things down, it's important to keep things nice and clear, so it's easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact, or express an emotion or idea. Words are ...

Connect clauses using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Goats are herd animals, so they love to stay connected by messaging their friends on GOAT CHAT. However, their messages are always ...

Use conjunctions to combine independent and dependent clauses. Yeomso is the hottest goat music superstar in the world! But Yeomso is busy being cool and often forgets song lyrics. Use your knowledge ...

A comma splice is the use of a comma, instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon, between the two independent clauses of a compound sentence. If the comma is left out, a second grammatical ...

In the first part of the series on “Understanding the conventions of academic writing”, I discussed these two common error patterns: i) Missing comma after ...