The academic interview process is notoriously long and complicated. While applying for a job in any sector involves research, drafting emails, waiting to hear back, and attending different interview rounds, academia takes the cake when it comes to having a drawn-out hiring process. Understanding how the academic hiring process works can help you figure out …
Marcel Iseli
There are several known ways to talk and write about time. We can use seconds, minutes, hours, and even days to measure time. When we work locally, we barely need to think about time zone differences. At other times, though, we need to be extra cautious with time differences because our colleagues live in other …
While we can mostly recognize nouns, verbs, and adjectives with ease, we may not exactly know that their crossbreed forms exist – gerunds and participles. This goes to show that while speaking and writing in English is pretty simple for the most part, understanding its grammatical system is a different ball game. But, worry no …
Knowing when and where to place commas is not an easy thing to do; it requires stylistic and grammatical knowledge. This is particularly true with the word “whenever.” Being an adverb and a conjunction at the same time, “whenever” is also naturally a tricky word to use, especially among many non-natives. So today, we cover …
Human curiosity has come to a point where people ask specific questions like “When do we need to place a comma before ‘which’ in the UK?” What this question actually means is whether there is any significant difference between how British and American English users use their commas. Whether to use a comma or not …
Of all people in this world, you know yourself best. Nevertheless, writing an essay about yourself is not, and will never be, a walk in the park. While it is a bit grueling, knowing how to write an essay about yourself effectively can be your ticket to Mars – or more precisely, to your dream …
Although “scenic spots” and “scenery spots” both seem harmless and understandable on the surface, most native speakers find one of these two unnatural. The words “scenic” and “scenery” are both related to “scenes,” or more precisely, “views.” However, the former is an adjective and the latter is a noun. Apart from that, there are other …
While most people are confident enough in using “has had” or “have had” in a sentence, using “had had” is a whole different story. Well, we can’t blame anyone for this because, in the first place, the grammatical rules behind “had had” are certainly not for beginners. Today, we won’t only find out what “had …
The process of deciding to continue your studies after college is a big one and can take many different forms. Perhaps you’ve always known you wanted to do a master’s in History or pursue an MBA. Or maybe you took some time away from academia to work and realized you missed it too much and …