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Grammar Tips: Adverbs and Adjectives
Broadly speaking, adverbs are words that describe how an action is performed, while adjectives describe...
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Transitional Words (Making an Essay Flow)
A well-written essay should flow clearly between paragraphs and sections. This will help your reader...
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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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