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3 Top Tips for Aspiring Student Volunteers

Student life can be hectic, so why should you consider volunteering? Well, as well as...

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Word Choice: Then vs. Than

It’s easy to get ‘then’ and ‘than’ mixed up if English isn’t your first language,...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Changing Text Direction

Most of the time, text direction won’t be an issue when using Microsoft Word to...

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Harvard Referencing – Citing a Newspaper Article

If you’re writing about the media or referring to something in the news, you may...

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5 Top Tips for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

Whether you’re an experienced writer seeking a new challenge or simply looking to make a...

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The Linguistic Origins of Halloween

Boo! Did we scare you? It’s Halloween soon, so we thought we’d give it a...

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5 Crucial Steps in Writing a Professional Email

While nobody would deny that email has made communication much quicker and simpler, there is...

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Chicago Referencing – Citing an Edited Book (Footnotes)

Previously, we’ve discussed citing an edited book with Chicago’s author–date citations. But a different version...

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Word Choice: Hear vs. Here

As much as we love the English language, it is a bit confusing sometimes. ‘Hear’...

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Chicago Referencing – Citing an Edited Book (Author–Date Style)

One theory behind Chicago’s ‘Windy City’ nickname is that the region’s politicians were once known...

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Punctuation Tips: How and When to Use Commas

Commas are such an everyday part of punctuation that, most of the time, we use...

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Alternatives to Gendered Pronouns in Academic Writing

For a long time, the language used in academic writing was very masculine, partly because...

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