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The colon is a useful punctuation mark, but it should only be used in certain...
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‘Emigrate’ and ‘immigrate’ sound similar when spoken, so it’s no surprise they’re sometimes used interchangeably...
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An ellipsis is punctuation that can be used to cut down lengthy quotations, making it...
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Although they are pronounced similarly, ‘feint’ and ‘faint’ have different meanings, and one is much...
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The question of when to capitalise a word can be tricky. As such, sometimes even...
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Although ‘practise’ and ‘practice’ sound exactly the same and have very similar spellings, the one...
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The Oxford comma can be a useful tool in writing, as it can help make...
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Although they sound slightly different when spoken, it’s easy to mix up the words ‘illicit’...
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Although they sound similar when spoken, ‘their’, ‘they’re’ and ‘there’ have very different meanings. And...
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Paper is a thing of the past. Well, not really. But it is convenient that...
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When writing an essay, you can break it down into five basic parts. These are:...
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Nouns can be divided into two primary categories: concrete and abstract. Learning how to use...
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