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28th August 2014

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The colon is a useful punctuation mark, but it should only be used in certain...

21st August 2014

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‘Emigrate’ and ‘immigrate’ sound similar when spoken, so it’s no surprise they’re sometimes used interchangeably...

14th August 2014

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An ellipsis is punctuation that can be used to cut down lengthy quotations, making it...

7th August 2014

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Although they are pronounced similarly, ‘feint’ and ‘faint’ have different meanings, and one is much...

31st July 2014

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The question of when to capitalise a word can be tricky. As such, sometimes even...

24th July 2014

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Although ‘practise’ and ‘practice’ sound exactly the same and have very similar spellings, the one...

17th July 2014

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The Oxford comma can be a useful tool in writing, as it can help make...

10th July 2014

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Although they sound slightly different when spoken, it’s easy to mix up the words ‘illicit’...

3rd July 2014

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Although they sound similar when spoken, ‘their’, ‘they’re’ and ‘there’ have very different meanings. And...

21st December 2013

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Nouns can be divided into two primary categories: concrete and abstract. Learning how to use...