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Word Choice: Compliment vs. Complement

Even native English speakers get ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ confused. And since they’re only separated by...

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Grammar Tips: The Basics of Word Order

If you know how to construct a grammatical sentence, you should find it much easier...

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Common Mistakes: Ironic and Literally

There are few words in English as widely misused as ‘ironic’ and ‘literally’. But when...

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4 Weapons in the War Against Writer’s Block

ATTENTION, SOLDIER! You’ve just been enlisted in our War against Writer’s Block! Our terrible enemy...

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Word Choice: Began vs. Begun

The word ‘begin’ (meaning ‘start’) rarely causes confusion in the present tense. However, when it...

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Keep It Brief! (4 Ways to Shorten Sentences)

Some authors love long sentences. In ‘The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship’, for example,...

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Word Choice: Stationery vs. Stationary

If a cupboard is full of pencils and lacks wheels, it’s both ‘a stationery cupboard’...

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When to Use Formal and Informal English

Some people take far too much pleasure in correcting other people’s grammar in conversation. Usually,...

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Geoff the Pedantic Elf: A Christmas Proofreading Story

‘Twas the day after Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring,...

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Word Choice: Whose vs. Who’s

Like ‘who’ and ‘whom’, the words ‘whose’ and ‘who’s’ are often confused due to sounding...

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Word Choice: Deprecate vs. Depreciate

One letter can be the only difference in spelling between two words with importantly distinct...

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NaNoWriMo: The 5 Things that You Need to Do Next

Having read our NaNoWriMo blogpost at the beginning of November, we imagine you’ve spent the...

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