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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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Word Choice: Draft vs. Draught
Maybe Noah Webster had a point. We say this because, as much as we love...
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Does Your Business Need a Proofreader?
Does your business need a proofreader? Yes. Yes, it does. That’ll be all. Thank you...
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Spelling Tips: -Cede, -Ceed or -Sede?
We pronounce -cede, -ceed and -sede to sound like ‘seed’. But this makes it easy...
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Word Choice: Espresso vs. Expresso
Like many proofreaders, we’re coffee powered. There’s nothing like a caffeine hit in the morning...
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Word Choice: Viscous vs. Vicious
‘Viscous’ and ‘vicious’ are both adjectives. They’re also close enough in spelling that it’s easy...
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