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Word Choice: Consequently vs. Subsequently

Word choice can be tricky, especially if English is not your first language. However, even...

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Spelling Differences Between American and Australian English

If you are an international student, you may have noticed some of the differences between...

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Alternatives to the Word ‘But’ for Academic Writing

Anne might not be the most celebrated Brontë, but she was on to something in...

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Word Choice: Two, To and Too

The English language’s annoying habit of persistent homophony – having multiple words which are pronounced...

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6 Things that make Humans Better at Proofreading than a Computer

One day, Skynet will undoubtedly conquer us all, whereupon we’ll have no choice but to...

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5 Signs You Should Invest In Proofreading

When you have just finished writing an essay, the last thing anyone ever wants to...

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Word Choice: Implicit vs. Explicit

In academic writing we often use words which we might not know from daily life....

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Word Choice: Exhort vs. Extort

Although ‘exhort’ and ‘extort’ differ in meaning, it’s still easy to get these terms mixed...

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Word Choice: Dependent vs. Dependant

It was already easy to mix up the similarly-spelled words ‘dependent’ and ‘dependant’. But then...

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Word Choice: Continually vs. Continuously

Mixing up the words ‘continually’ and ‘continuously’ is something that even native English speakers do....

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Word Choice: Cord vs. Chord

The English language is full of words which sound the same but differ in meaning....

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Word Choice: Borne vs. Born

Some of the most common mistakes we see at Proofed are related to the misuse...

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