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Our team of experts posts daily about spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice, referencing, and more to help you better understand the English language and improve your writing skills.

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Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronouns can be picky things, so you don’t want to mix them with the wrong...

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4 Tips on Paragraph Length

The blocks of text you can see on this page are paragraphs. Some are short;...

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Sentence Fragments

As proofreaders, we use full, grammatical sentences wherever possible. But is this always necessary? And...

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What Is a Theory?

Why do some people say that evolution is ‘only a theory’ when there’s so much...

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5 Variant Spellings to Watch Out For!

Spelling is hard enough when a word can only be written in one way. But...

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Terminal Punctuation

The phrase ‘terminal punctuation’ sounds rather dramatic (as if somebody has died from excessive comma...

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Writing Tips: Word Variation

Do you ever find yourself using the same word over and over? Writing this blog,...

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Word Choice: Program vs. Programme

The Atlantic Ocean is quite big. And with such a large amount of water between...

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Grammar Tips: Adjective Order

If you’ve grown up speaking English, you probably follow all kinds of grammar rules without...

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Percent or Per Cent? (Writing Percentages)

At Proofed, we always put 100% into our work. But wait, is that right? Not...

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Titles in Essays (Italics or Quote Marks?)

Formatting your own essay title is easy (just bung a Heading style on it). Unfortunately,...

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Word Choice: Causal vs. Casual

English is full of sneaky traps for writers. The words ‘causal’ and ‘casual’, for example,...

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