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The Presidency Is Being Campaigned For! Politics and the Power of the Passive Voice

Americans will choose their next president on November 6, 2012.  Although this is many months away, the campaign for the presidency is already in full swing.  Each…

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Quick Questions—On Journaling for a Class

Question: I am writing a journal for one of my classes.  Normally when I write a journal I write as if I am speaking out loud or…

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Bringing People Together: Help for SNL writers and UCWbL tutors

Does this scenario sound familiar?   An SNL (School for New Learning) writer comes into the writing center and sits down with a tutor to work on…

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Quick Questions—On Focus(ed) Groups

Question: I am a bit confused about terminology. Should it be ‘focus group’ or ‘focused group’?  For example, if I am writing the sentence, ‘The chairman is…

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Quick Questions—On Citing Online Sources

Question: How would I cite these two sources (MLA style): Source 1 and Source 2? Thanks, — Response: Hi —! Thanks for your question. According to the seventh…

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Grammar Plus!

When first logging on to the Capital Community College Foundation’s Guide to Grammar and Writing you may be amused by the puffy font, section bubbles and multicolored…

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Academic Writing Resources

Harvard University’s Writing Center has some useful resources for writers working on academic papers. Their “Brief Guides to Writing Papers in the Disciplines” covers the fields of…