When is a letter or email formal? When it is written to someone you do not know or someone in a position of authority.

An examiner told me that there had been some discussion over what a report is compared to an article. This surprised me as I would have thou...

Examiners are actually quite friendly creatures who, a bit like sharks, have an undeservedly bad reputation. OK, some of them bite, but most...

There are some basic rules for writing a review, and you´d be surprised how often people make very simple mistakes.

There will be a series of How to Write posts that give the ESL student a helping hand with form, style, tone and register of the different f...

A common mistake I have found amongst students is the misconception that a noun that ends -ation, e.g. interpretation, has the verb form end...

What is an essay?