English and Grammar

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Which and That – The Nuts and Bolts of Restrictive vs Non-Restrictive Clause
Which and That – The Nuts and Bolts of Restrictive vs Non-Restrictive Clause 150 150 Suzanne

Which and that are commonly used words for introducing a detail within a sentence. The decision to use which or that is dependent on whether the phrase containing said detail…

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Cognitive Friday: How Memory Works in Learning
Cognitive Friday: How Memory Works in Learning 150 150 Suzanne

One amazing thing about children is the many, many songs for which they have memorized the lyrics. There is something about how the musical harmony helps the memory process work,…

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Essay Tips for Writing About a Subject
Essay Tips for Writing About a Subject 150 150 Suzanne

While writing about a person, a place, or a thing, it is helpful to provide your reader with informative insights, which your reader would not readily ‘drum up’ on their…

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Improving Readability – How to Fix Some of the Most Common Errors
Improving Readability – How to Fix Some of the Most Common Errors 150 150 Suzanne

Commonly, problems occur in writing that result in an unfocused, disconnected, or unintelligible read. At stake is the readability of the material, and the following are frequently encountered errors in…

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Cognitive Friday: Daydreaming and Procrastination
Cognitive Friday: Daydreaming and Procrastination 150 150 Suzanne

It turns out that daydreaming and procrastination have some significant cognitive benefits. This information is more for parents than for kids, but you can tell your kids when they are…

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Essay Writing – How to Expand on Themes and Subject Matter
Essay Writing – How to Expand on Themes and Subject Matter 150 150 Suzanne

When writing a non-fiction essay, it can be useful to apply techniques of fiction writers to flesh-out ideas and themes, so as to give bare-bones facts and figures a livelier,…

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Tips on Essay Writing – How to Brainstorm
Tips on Essay Writing – How to Brainstorm 150 150 Suzanne

Essay writing is a process, and process writing is a skill that is taught regularly at school. In general, the process is to brainstorm, write, revise, edit and then edit…

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Using the APA Style in Academic Writing
Using the APA Style in Academic Writing 150 150 Suzanne

The American Psychological Association’s trademarked, standardized method for presenting scientific writing – APA Style® – has been adopted by many universities as a comprehensive template for submissions from undergrads, researchers…

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Chicago Manual of Style – How it Is Used
Chicago Manual of Style – How it Is Used 150 150 Suzanne

The Chicago Manual of Style, or CMS, is a manuscript preparation format that is mostly adapted to book writing. The Chicago Manual of Style was first published by the University…

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What We See When We Learn
What We See When We Learn 150 150 Suzanne

It has been said that teaching is tough at times. On the same token then, learning also must be tough some times. Despite our best efforts at concentration, a person…

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