Category: Writing Strategies

by Elizabeth Watness, Student Consultant, University Writing Center Do you ever wonder where words come from? (Besides the dictionary, of course.) Many words commonly found in conversations today have old and interesting origins. Some of them have modern meanings that are quite different from their original definitions. Words change meaning over the centuries due to …

by Megan Gudeman, Student Consultant, University Writing Center I live with two very science-minded roommates. One is studying Nursing, and the other one is in Pre-Med, which, as you can imagine, often leads us to very interesting discussions on how to write. Take yesterday, for example, when both of them had simultaneously approached me to …