The question of whether to bold or italicize an end punctuation mark based on the way the surrounding copy is formatted is a matter of publishing style; different style guides have different recommendations. If you’re writing for an outlet or a class that uses a specific style guide, refer ...
The ability to write a powerful clincher sentence is essential for ALL types of writing (not just academic). It’s what separates mediocre writers from those who actually impact the lives of their readers. But what exactly is a clincher sentence? Well, it’s basically a closing sentence ...
The belief that the act of paraphrasing or summarizing helps writers understand their sources is articulated in faculty develop- ment work and guides to research, and it is frequently asserted in writ- ing studies scholarship and textbooks. It seems to be a disciplinary or even academic ...
Introduction Producing written text is a non-linear process: during production, writers are free to modify the text at any place and at any point in time, without leaving any traces in the final product—in contrast to speech. Recording these processes with keystroke-logging tools (for an ...
Newspaper style guides tend to be more restrictive, understandably sacrificing complexity for the sake of a snappy rule. The UKTimesspecifies “different from, and never different to or than”.The Economistsays the same.The Guardian Book of English Language(2007) allowsdifferent fromandto, but not...
stuartnz: Glad you enjoyed it. MS Word’s infinite loop made me laugh too!Whomas fine china is another good analogy. It may be fragile in everyday use, but boxed away in academic prose it should survive many more decades. Mededitor: Hmm. I don’t see how you inferred all that. Lau...
Section 3 Effective Sentences http://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.29.htm Introduction An effective sentence is like a skilled athlete moving toward a goal. Effective sentences have a quality that enables them to convey an idea with clarity and style. They give the reader a sense ...
↑ https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/writingprocess/outlining ↑ https://www.touro.edu/departments/writing-center/tutorials/topic-sentence/ More References (4)About This Article Co-authored by: Megan Callaghan, PhD Academic Advisor This article was co-authored by Megan Callaghan, ...