Below we’ll look at seven deadly adverbs to avoid. But first, ... In formal speech and writing, these flat adverbs may not be your best choice. But they’re not wrong. Opinion.

Any writing expert will tell you: If you want to get your message across, avoid clichés. The problem is, no one seems to know what, exactly, a cliché is.

Four Types of Unnecessary Words and Phrases. This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format.. Dummy Subjects. Dummy subjects are expletive words—words that take up space without ...

To talk, as I am here, about the aesthetic pleasures of scholarly writing is surely a fool’s game. After all, we know that much academic writing is at best intelligible and at worst unreadable. To ...