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Word Choice: Reoccur vs. Recur

Many of the homophones we look at on this blog have completely different uses from...

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Using Text Styles in Google Docs

Many people now use Google Docs to create and share documents. And to make sure...

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Setting Paper Size in a LaTeX Document

When creating a LaTeX document, you need to set a document class. Each class in...

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Grammatical Person: The First, Second, and Third Person

As proofreaders, we could describe ourselves as ‘grammatical people’. We won’t, though, because ‘grammatical person’...

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Fallacy Watch: What Is Faulty Generalisation?

Faulty generalisation is a common fallacy – an error in an argument – in both...

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6 Top Tips for Writing Website Copy

The internet is a big place, with a lot of websites competing for attention. How,...

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MHRA Referencing – Citing a Website

Still using books when researching an essay? You might as well be living in the...

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How to Cite a Journal Article in IEEE Referencing

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is known for publishing an array of journals....

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Word Choice: What vs. Which in Questions

We can use both ‘what’ and ‘which’ to ask questions. We can even use them...

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Word Choice: Quick vs. Fast

Whoosh! Zoom! Wheee! We have a need for speed today, so we’re focusing on the...

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Word Choice: Doughnut vs. Donut

It is National Doughnut Day today. This raises two main questions: Why is there a...

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How to Quote Sources in MLA Referencing

You need to quote sources in academic writing. But how this works may depend on...

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