It’s no secret that many Americans are lousy writers. Just ask any college professor or employer. With the advent of email, writing ability has become more important than ever, and writing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. When students can’t understand what they’re reading, it may be because ...

S1: Hey there , San Diego. It's Andrew Bracken in for Jade Hyneman on today's show. A new book aims to help us become better writers and craft better sentences. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting ...

Letters represent sounds. Words are built from letters. A group of words makes a phrase. Add a subject and verb, and you have a clause. If that clause expresses a complete thought, we call it a ...

I was talking to my friend Sarah the other day, and she pointed something out that has been on my mind for a while. She launched her start-up a few years ago, and while it was a tight team for the ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...