So we've done participles and gerunds, and because @glamAtude asked whether we could talk about appositives, here we go: An appositive is a word or phrase that follows a noun and gives more ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Commas are wonderful tools. They tell a reader to pause, as this one did. They can also tell a reader that some information ...

THE problem with most bad writing is that it's often so general and lacking in texture and depth. The people, places, or things used as subjects seem to exist only in two-dimensional space, as in a ...

Just in case you aren't keenly aware yet of their value, the skillful use of appositives is an open secret to more engaging and lively writing. An appositive is a noun form that often comes directly ...

Judith C. Hochman has long seen holes in writing instruction. “We’re very good at assigning writing,” she explains. “We’re not very good at teaching kids how to write.” In 2012, the Hochman Method, as ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Last week, we talked about setting a parenthetical description off with commas in the grammatical phenomenon ...