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6 Tips for Using Abbreviations in Academic Writing

Academic writing can be a bit… wordy. As such, anything that makes your work more...

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Spelling Tips: Understanding Prefixes

Sometimes, you can create a new word by jamming two terms together. And although we’re...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing Conference Papers

Conference papers can be useful when writing an essay. But to use a conference paper...

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Word Choice: Shall vs. Will

Following up on our previous post about the future tense, we thought we should take...

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Grammar Tips: The Future Tense

In the world of English grammar, there is no future. OK, that sounded a bit...

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Citing Religious Texts in Academic Writing

There are many religious texts in the world: the Bible, the Quran, the Dhammapada, etc....

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Essay Tips: How to Use Block Quotes

Most essays include at least a few quotes. As such, there are rules for how...

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Word Choice: Dissatisfied vs. Unsatisfied

A prefix can make a big difference to a word. With ‘dissatisfied’ and ‘unsatisfied’, the...

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Regular and Irregular Verbs

Most verbs are fairly well behaved. But there are many that break the rules at...

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Vocabulary Tips: Understanding Conjunctions

The world is all about connections. Connections between people. Connections between ideas. And, crucially, connections...

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Chicago Referencing – Newspapers (Footnotes)

While not a standard academic source, you can cite newspapers in an essay. But you...

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Word Choice: Bought vs. Brought

‘Buy’ and ‘bring’ are obviously different words. However, their past tense forms are only one...

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