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Spelling Tips: Receive or Recieve?

To draw on the old phrase, is giving better than ‘receiving’ or ‘recieving’? This word...

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How to Cite a Dataset in IEEE Referencing

If you refer to a dataset in you work, you need to cite it like...

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Word Choice: Not vs. Knot

Although ‘not’ and ‘knot’ sound the same, they have very different meanings. As a result,...

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What Is the Difference Between a Preface, a Foreword and a Prologue?

There are many ways to introduce a book, including with a preface, a foreword, or a...

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Writing Tips: Latino, Latina or Latinx?

‘Latino’, ‘Latina’, and ‘Latinx’ are all terms used to refer to people of Latin American...

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An Introduction to Assonance and Consonance

Assonance and consonance are important parts of creative writing, especially poetry. Both involve repeating certain...

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How to Cite an Artwork in Harvard Referencing

If you’re writing about art in an essay, you’ll need to know how to cite...

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Word Choice: Gamble vs. Gambol

It’s easy to mix up words that sound the same, like ‘gamble’ and ‘gambol’, especially...

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Spelling Tips: Misspell or Mispell?

If you make a spelling mistake, did you ‘misspell’ or ‘mispell’ the word? Only one...

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How to Come Up with Great Ideas for Your Blog (5 Top Tips)

A blog is a cost-effective way of driving traffic to your business’s website. But for...

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Grammar Tips: What Is a Gerund?

Even if you have never heard the word ‘gerund’ before, you probably use gerunds all...

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How to Avoid the Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy

Post hoc ergo propter hoc is the Latin name of a common fallacy (i.e. a...

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