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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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What Should Your Thesis Proposal Do?

The most important part of a PhD application is writing your thesis proposal. This is...

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The Many Uses of the Word ‘About’

According to the Global Language Monitor, there are around 1,025,109.8 words in the English language...

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Using Long Quotations – Harvard Style

When writing an essay, we quote sources to support a point we’re making or to...

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Work Hard, Play Hard

How to Balance Your Studies and Social Life University is about more than just getting...

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7 Common Homophones: How to Use Them Correctly

Homophones are words which sound similar when spoken, but differ in spelling and meaning. The...

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Word Choice: Infer vs. Imply

The words ‘imply’ and ‘infer’ are basically opposite terms related to speaking and listening: a...

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How to Override Figure and Table Numbering in MS Word

As the Matrix franchise taught us, sometimes computers are a bit too clever for their...

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How to Use the Word ‘Sic’

During your studies, you may come across the word ‘sic’. But what does it mean?...

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Word Choice: Me, Myself and I

As well as proving a popular song title (see Billie Holiday, De La Soul and...

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How Not to Murder Your Supervisor: A Crash Guide to Surviving Your PhD

Doing a PhD is a strange experience. After all, there aren’t too many situations in...

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How to Reference a Book – MLA Style

Referencing your sources clearly is vital in academic writing. However, the correct format for citations...

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5 Things You Never Knew About Referencing

One common request we get at Proofed is for help with referencing. This is because...

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