Charlotte's Tip of the Month

Avoiding Redundancy

The mistake of repeating ideas in our writing is easy to make. Repeating unnecessarily is called being redundant or redundancy. Most of the time, this happens when we are not paying enough attention as we write, but some students will try to “write more” by adding unnecessary words and becoming…

Avoiding Run-On Sentences

A run-on sentence goes on too long, has too many parts, loses the subject, and/or lacks correct noun-verb connections. Usually, a run-on is either two or more different thoughts put together, or a list of things or actions that keeps going and going too long. Let’s take a closer look!…

Sentence Fragments

Many people are confused by sentences. They think if they write a sentence that is very short, they will be wrong. They think if they write a sentence that is really long, they will be wrong. What should you do? Here is an easy way to think of sentences: A…