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How Does Proofreading Help My Work? 5 Brilliant Benefits
Since you’re reading this, we assume you’re at least vaguely interested in having your work...
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Word Choice: Qualitative vs. Quantitative
‘Qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ aren’t exactly opposites, but they do describe very different research approaches used...
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Know Your Prepositions! (In, Of and To)
Prepositions! They sit there unnoticed most of the time, quietly helping to specify relationships between...
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Independence Day (The Language of the Declaration of Independence)
Happy Fourth of July! 240 years ago today, America’s founding fathers agreed to adopt the...
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The Mystery of the Semicolon Finally Revealed!
We’re going to have a hard time living up to that title. In all honesty,...
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Word Choice: Onto vs. On To
Some grammarians get quite worked up about ‘on to’ and ‘onto’, insisting that ‘on’ and...
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How to Write Stories (4 Tips for Starting Your Novel)
We’re told that everyone has a novel inside them. However, extracting that novel can be...
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Word Choice: Loath vs. Loathe
Homonyms – words which sound and look alike but differ in meaning – are tricky...
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Word Choice: Lay vs. Lie
The words ‘lay’ and ‘lie’ are an example of why, after a long day of...
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Word Choice: Economic vs. Economical
‘Ironical’ means the same as ‘ironic’. Logically, then, ‘economical’ must mean the same as ‘economic’,...
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How to Use Hyphens and Dashes in an Essay
Hyphens and dashes are basically the same, right? Just little lines used to connect words?...
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Word Choice: Hoard vs. Horde
Homophones are words that sound alike when spoken, but have different meanings. To make life...
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