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Grammar Tips: Understanding Grammatical Mood

The world of grammar is full of unsung heroes. The various grammatical moods, for example,...

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Chicago Referencing – Conference Papers (Footnotes)

Secretly, academic conferences are just massive parties. Academics gather to drink, dance and do various...

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Word Choice: Can, May or Could?

For today’s blog post, we’re putting on our best suit and tie. That’s because we’re...

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Know Your Prepositions! (As, At and By)

Picking the right preposition can be tricky. After all, there are so many to choose...

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Grammar Tips: Different From, To or Than?

It’s important to celebrate difference. But, being proofreaders, we want to be grammatical while we...

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MLA Referencing – Citing an Online Video

Usually, students use YouTube as a way of putting off work. Sometimes, though, everybody’s favourite...

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Word Choice: Altogether vs. All Together

One word or two? It can be a vital distinction, such as with ‘altogether’ and...

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6 Tips for Using Abbreviations in Academic Writing

Academic writing can be a bit… wordy. As such, anything that makes your work more...

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Spelling Tips: Understanding Prefixes

Sometimes, you can create a new word by jamming two terms together. And although we’re...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing Conference Papers

Conference papers can be useful when writing an essay. But to use a conference paper...

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Word Choice: Shall vs. Will

Following up on our previous post about the future tense, we thought we should take...

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Grammar Tips: The Future Tense

In the world of English grammar, there is no future. OK, that sounded a bit...

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