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Grammar Tips: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
A verb is a word that denotes an action (e.g. run, jump, kick) or state...
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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers
Happy New Year! We hope you have big plans for 2020, including for your writing....
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New Year’s Eve Etymology: Hogmanay and Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year, everyone! But how does a proofreader celebrate the last day of the...
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Word Choice: Grizzly, Grisly or Gristly?
Things could turn ‘grisly’ if you disturb a ‘grizzly’, and then you have to hope...
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Word Choice: Mince vs. Mints
Happy Christmas! Our present to you? Some homophones! What do you mean you wanted a...
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5 Christmas Dinner Arguments for Pedants
Happy Christmas, everyone! We hope you have big plans for Christmas dinner. And if you’re...
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7 English Words that Come from Hebrew
To mark the start of Hanukkah, we’re taking a look at how Hebrew has influenced...
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Word Choice: Sea vs. See
Are you all at sea over word choice? That’s understandable, as English has plenty of...
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Monkeying Around: 5 Phrases for World Monkey Day
Having a monkey on your back sounds scary, but luckily idioms aren’t literal! And since...
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OK vs. Okay (What They Mean and When to Use Them)
It’s time to think about ‘OK’. No, not the USPS code for Oklahoma. We mean...
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When to Use the At Symbol (@) in Writing
In an age of email, you might see the ‘at symbol’ (or ‘at sign’) every...
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Word Choice: Threw vs. Through
‘Threw’ and ‘through’ might sound the same, but these words have entirely different meanings. So,...
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