Communicating by writing is critical in our academic and professional lives. Errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling or poorly constructed sentences can cast the rest of our work in an unflattering light. Conversely, the ability to clearly communicate our ideas and accomplishments will enhance our ability to collaborate and achieve. For many of us, it has been a long time since we were introduced to grammatical usage and proper punctuation. We tend to "fly by the seat of our pants" and hope the spell check and grammar functions of our computer catch the most blatant errors. This seminar will remind you of commonly broken rules and help you avoid some frequent errors. It will address the principle behind the rules so you can learn from your mistakes and improve your writing skills. You will also receive a checklist and pointers to other resources that will help you evaluate your own writing prior to submitting it for a class assignment or to an editor for publication.