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Spelling Tips: Baited Breath or Bated Breath?
Given how popular the Harry Potter books were, you’d have thought J.K. Rowling – or...
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Grammatical Differences: Australian vs. American English
Previously, we’ve looked at some common spelling differences between Australian English and American English. But...
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Word Choice: Pray vs. Prey
The mantis is an interesting creature: it looks like it’s praying, but it’s really preying....
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Word Choice: Tire vs. Tyre
English spelling is full of words that sound the same despite differing in spelling. However,...
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Word Choice: Reoccur vs. Recur
Many of the homophones we look at on this blog have completely different uses from...
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Using Text Styles in Google Docs
Many people now use Google Docs to create and share documents. And to make sure...
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Grammatical Person: The First, Second, and Third Person
As proofreaders, we could describe ourselves as ‘grammatical people’. We won’t, though, because ‘grammatical person’...
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6 Top Tips for Writing Website Copy
The internet is a big place, with a lot of websites competing for attention. How,...
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Word Choice: What vs. Which in Questions
We can use both ‘what’ and ‘which’ to ask questions. We can even use them...
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Word Choice: Quick vs. Fast
Whoosh! Zoom! Wheee! We have a need for speed today, so we’re focusing on the...
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Word Choice: Doughnut vs. Donut
It is National Doughnut Day today. This raises two main questions: Why is there a...
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Punctuating and Formatting Dialogue
Dialogue – i.e. the words spoken by characters in a story – is a vital...
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