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| A and An | May I Have an “M,” Please? |
| Abbreviations | State Abbreviations |
| Acronyms | (1)Initialisms vs. Acronyms (2)FYI |
| Adverbs | -Ly, -ly, -ly, -ly |
| Ain’t | Is Ain’t a Word |
| Alot and A lot | Alot Is Two Words |
| Apostrophes | The Apostrophe: Possessed and Dispossessed |
| Articles | The Trouble with Articles |
| Business Bloopers | Business Bloopers |
| Business Letters | Business Letter Components |
| Capitalization | Capitalizing and Punctuating for Effect |
| Clichés | Been There, Done That—Avoiding Clichés |
| Colons | Is It Time for a Colonoscopy |
| Commas | Avoiding Random Acts of Commas |
| Commas with Titles | What’s in a Name? |
| Conciseness | Aids to Conciseness |
| Conclusions | Writing Conclusions |
| Cover Letters | How to Write a Cover letter |
| Dangling Modifiers | Pardon Me, But Your Participle Is Dangling |
| Editing | Editing Your Own Papers |
| Email Writing Skills | Email . . . The last Chance for Developing |
| Email Etiquette | You’ve Got Mail! Email Etiquette |
| Essays | Multiple-Paragraph Essay |
| Formal vs. Informal English | Switching Gears—Keeping It Real |
| Fragments | Fragments |
| Good English | What Is Good English? |
| Grammar Bad | Grammar That Ain’t So Bad |
| Grammar Checkers | Grammar Checkers |
| Grammar Etiquette | Grammar Etiquette |
| I versus Me | Me, Myself, and I |
| Grammar Test | Test Yourself! |
| Informal | English Words, Phrases, and Expressions You Shouldn’t Take from Home to the Office |
| Initialisms | (1)Initialisms vs. Acronyms(2)FYI |
| Introductions | Types of Introductions |
| Italics | Italics vs. Quotation Marks |
| Lend and Loan | Students, Faculty, and Staff, Lend Me Your Ears |
| Lie and Lay | Laying It on the Line |
| Like and Such As | Using Words Such As Like |
| Memos | How to Write a Memo |
| New Words | New Words |
| Nonce Words | New Words |
| Passive Voice | Finding Your Passive Voice |
| Plain English | The Plain English Movement |
| Plurals | Plurals You May Not Know |
| Point of View | What Is Your Point of View? |
| Possessives | The Apostrophe: Possessed and Dispossessed |
| Prepositions | A Preposition Is a Word You Shouldn’t End a Sentence With |
| Pronoun Case | Me, Myself, and I |
| Pronoun Reference | Reference Pronouns—There’s No Substitute for Them |
| Pronunciations | (1) Words That Make You Go Hmmm? (2) Commonly Mispronounced Words |
| Punctuation | Capitalizing and Punctuating for Effect |
| Plurals | Plurals You May Not Know |
| Quotation Marks | Italics vs. Quotation Marks |
| Real and Really | The Real Deal |
| Redundancies | Don’t Repeat Over Again Any Redundancies |
| Résumés | How to Write a Résumé |
| Salutations | Greeting and Salutations |
| Semicolons | The Series |
| Sexist Language | Using Politically Correct (PC) And Non-Sexist Language |
| Spell Checkers | Don’t Trust Your Spell Checkers |
| Spelling | Don’t Trust Your Spell Checkers |
| Split Infinitives | To Split or Not to Split |
| Subjunctive Mood | Subjunctive Verbs: Verbs with an Attitude |
| Test Yourself | Test Yourself! |
| Thesis Statements | (1) The Thesis Statement (2) Points to Remember About Thesis Statements |
| This and That | This & That |
| Who, Which, or That | The Who, Which, or That Question |
| Who and Whom | (1) “Whom’s Doom” (2) Who Knows About Whom? |
| Word Usage | Diction in the Real World |
| Wordiness | Avoiding Padded Phrases |
| Writing a Paper | How to Write a Paper |
| Writing Tips | Words and Expressions to Avoid in Your Essays |
The Write Advice is a publication of the University of West Florida's Writing Laboratory. The newsletter is a collaborative effort by various UWF professors, students, and past and present Writing Lab Assistants. The Write Advice is published and edited by the Grammar Guru herself, Mamie Webb Hixon.
Contact the UWF Writing Lab at 850-474-2129 or at writelab@uwf.edu for information regarding hardcopies and/or future editions.