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Idiom Tips: Tow the Line or Toe the Line?
To ‘toe the line’ means to follow the rules or obey an authority. However, people...
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How to Punctuate and Capitalise Bullet Points
Everyone loves a vertical list. They’re easy to read. They look good. Why wouldn’t you...
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What Is Textspeak? And Can You Use It in Writing?
If you’ve ever stared at a text message and been confused by a string of...
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What Is a Leap Year? An Etymological Perspective
February usually has 28 days. But here we are on the 29th of February because...
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Word Choice: Creak vs. Creek
‘Creak’ and ‘creek’ are homophones: words that sound the same when spoken but have different...
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Literary Misquotes: 5 Famous Lines Everyone Gets Wrong
Some quotes are so good they enter the popular consciousness. You don’t have to be...
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It’s a Punderful Life: A Beginner’s Guide to Puns
Puns! Some people think they’re pun-derful, while some people think they’re pun-ishingly bad. But what...
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Spelling Tips: Ligatures and When to Use Them
There’s a good chance you’ve seen ligatures, especially in older documents or in writing that...
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Word Choice: Leant vs. Lent
‘Leant’ and ‘lent’ sound identical. They’re also both past tense verbs. As a result, it’s...
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When to Hyphenate Numbers
We’ve written about hyphens and numbers before, but here we’re combining the two. Why? Because...
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5 Spelling Mnemonics to Help You Get Tricky Words Right
With silent letters and homophones to confuse things, English spelling can be difficult. To help...
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Spelling Tips: Are Whilst, Amongst and Amidst Correct?
‘Whilst’, ‘amongst’ and ‘amidst’ are all variant spellings of familiar terms: Whilst is an alternative...
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