Improving English Writing

Lesson #277: Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) and The Value of Repetition

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If you have been learning English for some time, you may have listened to speeches given by politicians, actors, or artists. A common trope (literary or artistic feature) you will notice in such speeches is that of repetition – the repetition of some words or phrases for effect. English literature also has plenty of examples […]

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Lesson #130: Introducing ‘Evelina’ (And Appositive Phrases)

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I thought that today it would be nice to share from my current reading, Frances Burney’s Evelina, and use some texts from it to elaborate on what we looked at yesterday, namely, the value of COMMAS in your writing. We talked about the ‘Oxford comma’ (also known as the ‘serial comma) and how it can be

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