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‘Four’ is spelled with a ‘u’. ‘Forty’ is spelled without one. And it is perhaps...
‘Enquiry’ and ‘inquiry’ mean exactly the same thing… except for when they don’t. And if...
‘Reluctant’ and ‘reticent’ are both adjectives related to being ‘unwilling’ to do something. They even...
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Jules Verne is well-known for sending Phileas Fogg ‘around the world in 80 days’. But...
With proofreading, it’s important to take things slowly. But if you need to slow down,...
Some choices in life are hard. Examples include choosing where to go to university, whether...
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The Atlantic Ocean is quite big. And with such a large amount of water between...
English is full of sneaky traps for writers. The words ‘causal’ and ‘casual’, for example,...
‘Refute’, ‘rebut’ and ‘rebuke’ all look similar. In addition, they’re all verbs that describe things...
One ‘o’ or two? It makes all the difference with ‘lose’ and ‘loose’, which also...
‘Between’ and ‘among’ are distinct terms. They are, however, both used when describing choices or...
In speech, most people would struggle to tell the difference between ‘every day’ and ‘everyday’....