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English Dialects: What Is Australian English?

Australian English is more than just an accent or a few Aussie phrases. But what...

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English Dialects: What Is Canadian English?

Despite the stereotypes, Canadian English is not saying ‘aboot’ instead of ‘about’. It is actually...

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English Dialects: What Is British English?

English may have begun in England (sort of – it’s a Germanic language, after all)....

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English Dialects: What Is American English?

You may have heard people describe certain words or spellings as ‘American English’. But how...

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Citing Images in APA Referencing

Most sources you cite in an essay will be text based (e.g. books and journal...

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How to Avoid Data Disasters (Backing Up Your Work)

If we had to say one thing in favour of handwriting, it’s that we’ve never...

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Diacritics and How to Use Them

Maybe you’ve heard people refer to ‘accents’ when writing certain words. Or maybe you’ve just...

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What Is LaTeX? A Guide for Students

LaTeX is a document preparation system used in the sciences and engineering. What makes LaTeX...

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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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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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Four Ways of Formatting for Emphasis

HELLO! Welcome to our blog. In this post, we’re looking at adding emphasis to writing...

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Essay Tips: Footnotes and Endnotes

When writing an essay, anything that could win you extra marks is welcome. As such,...

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