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Word Choice: Compliment vs. Complement

Even native English speakers get ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ confused. And since they’re only separated by...

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Grammar Tips: The Basics of Word Order

If you know how to construct a grammatical sentence, you should find it much easier...

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Harvard Referencing – Citing Social Media

Not that long ago, the idea of citing social media in an academic essay would...

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Common Mistakes: Ironic and Literally

There are few words in English as widely misused as ‘ironic’ and ‘literally’. But when...

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Adding Lists of Charts and Figures in Microsoft Word

If you are using charts, tables or figures in an essay, it’s a good idea...

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4 Weapons in the War Against Writer’s Block

ATTENTION, SOLDIER! You’ve just been enlisted in our War against Writer’s Block! Our terrible enemy...

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4 Things You Need to Know About MLA Referencing

Many people find citing sources one a tricky part of writing an essay. This may...

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5 Reasons to Attend Academic Conferences

Although typically found lurking in libraries or travelling in small packs of like-minded scholars, academics...

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5 Tips for a Superb Search Strategy

Having a good search strategy (i.e. a system for searching existing literature in your field)...

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Secondary Citations (Harvard, APA and Chicago)

Researching an essay can be like following a trail of clues: you find a textbook...

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Word Choice: Began vs. Begun

The word ‘begin’ (meaning ‘start’) rarely causes confusion in the present tense. However, when it...

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Keep It Brief! (4 Ways to Shorten Sentences)

Some authors love long sentences. In ‘The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship’, for example,...

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