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Grammar Tips: The Past Tense

You can’t live in the past (unless you’re a historical re-enactor). But you can write...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing an Online Video

YouTube might be best known as a source of procrastination, but there is plenty of...

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Word Choice: Cell vs. Sell

Depending on the word, the letters ‘c’ and ‘s’ can both make the same sound....

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Microsoft Word Tips: How to Add Chapter Headers

Writing a longer essay or dissertation that is broken up into several sections? In that...

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Grammar Tips: Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and superlatives are used for comparing things (e.g., saying something is “better” than something...

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APA Referencing – Citing a Film or TV Show

Usually, people switch on the TV or go to the cinema to avoid work. But...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Find and Replace

Writing a longer document? Need to find something so you can edit it? Then you...

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Word Choice: Lead vs. Led

‘Lead’ sounds exactly the same as ‘led’, which is the past tense of ‘lead’. However,...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing Newspaper Articles

Amidst the celebrity gossip and angry opinion pieces, newspapers sometimes report on genuinely important things....

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Is ‘Alright’ All Right? (Tricky Compound Words)

Compound words combine two or more terms to make a new word. They can be...

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Citing Multiple Sources by the Same Author from the Same Year

Referencing systems are supposed to help readers identify the sources used in a book, article...

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Word Choice: Route vs. Rout

‘Route’ and ‘rout’ are pronounced differently in Australian English (which isn’t always the case in...

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