Circumlocutions are commonly used roundabout expressions that take several words to say what could be said more succinctly. We often overlook them because many such expressions are habitual figures of ...

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Leonard Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham University, has a new book — Academic Writing As If Readers Matter — urging for writing in readable ways that engages with readers and uses ...

Rewrite these sentences according to the principles of word choice and avoiding the common mistakes outlined on the “Word Choice” handout. It is worthwhile to first consider the theories of various ...

Guidelines, Third Edition, is the latest addition to the Cambridge Academic Writing collection. Written by Ruth Spack, this classic reading and writing text teaches academic essay and research writing ...