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How to Edit Your Student Application

by Sarah Jones | Apr 29, 2025

One of the most important phases in your life is the time when you’re applying to go to university or college. There are endless forms to fill in, references to be obtained and then, of course, the dreaded personal essay that you have to write. The personal essay is a...

Using Ellipses

by Sarah Jones | Feb 12, 2025

People often ask how to use ellipses, those little dot-dot-dots you often see sometimes at the ends of sentences. When is it appropriate to use '...' in writing? Is it something featured only in informal writing or can it be used in academic or otherformal writing?...

Using Parentheses

by Sarah Jones | Jan 8, 2025

Parentheses are among the more easily-recognizable punctuation marks. We see them when we read fiction, when we are going through instruction manuals, and we use them in math from a fairly early age. In writing, the primary purpose of parentheses is to include...

How to Use Chicago Style in English Writing

by Sarah Jones | Dec 4, 2024

As most non-fiction authors know, there are many citation styles available. Many of them are discipline specific (e.g., Modern Language Association for the humanities, American Psychological Association for the social sciences, etc.), and they vary in many different...

How to Accept or Reject Changes in Track Changes

by Sarah Jones | Oct 12, 2024

While editing you will not want to accept a Tracked Change, because this means the original text can no longer be retrieved in your edited version. This could be problematic if the client wished to restore his original text. On the other hand, sometimes it is useful...

What makes a great academic paper?

by Sarah Jones | Mar 7, 2024

The first rule concerning how students should set about writing academic essays is that there are no universal rules, since what works well for one writer may not suit another person. You may have been told in school that 'you should always begin with a plan' or that...