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Our team of experts posts daily about spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice, referencing, and more to help you better understand the English language and improve your writing skills.

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Word Choice: Deprecate vs. Depreciate

One letter can be the only difference in spelling between two words with importantly distinct...

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Christmas on a Budget: 5 Thrifty Festive Tips

Christmas is getting closer, so now is the time to start preparing! But this can...

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Harvard Referencing – Citing a YouTube Video

Although most of YouTube seems to be videos of cats doing stupid things, you may...

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Dissertation Advice: 6 Tips for Writing the Introduction

As in life, so in dissertation writing: making a good first impression is crucial. And...

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NaNoWriMo: The 5 Things that You Need to Do Next

Having read our NaNoWriMo blogpost at the beginning of November, we imagine you’ve spent the...

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APA Referencing – Citing a Website

With more and more research now done online, knowing how to cite a website is...

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Spelling Tips: Doubling Consonants when Adding a Suffix

The “doubling up” rule (or the “1:1:1 rule”) is one of the few rules in...

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Word Choice: Nauseous vs. Nauseated

The English language has always changed with use, so these days most dictionaries treat ‘nauseous’...

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A Journey Through Time: BC/AD or BCE/CE?

In history and other academic subjects that require referring to the past, it’s important to...

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Grammar Tips: Sentence Construction and Parallelism

One aspect of sentence construction that many writers get wrong is parallelism: i.e. the use...

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3 Top Tips for Aspiring Student Volunteers

Student life can be hectic, so why should you consider volunteering? Well, as well as...

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Word Choice: Then vs. Than

It’s easy to get ‘then’ and ‘than’ mixed up if English isn’t your first language,...

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