by Dr. Lindeman | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the future. This is the final post in the series on English tenses. The future tenses can be confusing, particularly the ones that concern ordering events that haven’t happened yet. Hopefully, this document will help you use and understand the nuances of...
by Dr. Lindeman | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
The battle continues. It might seem impossible that there are enough commonly confused phrases in English to warrant another article. Nevertheless, here we are once again. In this post, we will cover four more commonly misheard and misspelled phrases, their usages,...
by Dr. Lindeman | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Homophones in any language are challenging. Variant spellings corresponding to similar sounds make writing mastery a tricky process, especially for non-native learners. In English alone, homophones are such a common cause of confusion that I believed it must be the...
by Dr. Lindeman | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
A couple of posts ago, I discussed some commonly confused English phrases, their actual uses, and a bit about their origins. Unfortunately, there are far more than just five common phrases that regularly trip up native and non-native writers alike. As with my series...
by Dr. Lindeman | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the most challenging skills to master in any language is the proper use of verb tenses. Proper use in academic writing is trickier still. For non-native speakers (and I will be the first to acknowledge, even for native speakers), the sheer quantity of irregular...
by Dr. Lindeman | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the past, I’ve written many posts about commonly confused English words. However, I’ve generally shied away from discussing English phrases. This is mainly because English phrases tend to be more colloquial, and that style of writing is discouraged in a scientific...
