Journalists are obligated to report world events without adding their own personal opinions. In 2018, people who report the news were increasingly under fire by President Donald Trump. He often claimed that reporters were creating “fake news” about him…
Good grammar is an important part of clear writing. But sometimes grammar experts disagree. For example, they often argue about the Oxford comma. This comma comes before the last item in a list. For example: “She likes peanut butter, jelly, and bananas.” Some people…
Author and writing teacher William Zinsser died in 2015, but his writing advice still lives on with many famous writers. Among the advice he gave writers was to get rid of clutter in writing, to write for yourself, and to…
Writing well can be challenging. In this article famous writers give advice, such as trying out sentences in your head to see if they sound good, reading other writers' work, and learning different sentence structures. It's also important to use…
When writing, it is never okay to use someone else’s words and say that they’re your words. This is called plagiarism. Schools have serious penalties against plagiarism, and writers for newspapers, TV shows, and websites can also get in trouble…