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The words ‘imply’ and ‘infer’ are basically opposite terms related to speaking and listening: a...
As well as proving a popular song title (see Billie Holiday, De La Soul and...
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Word choice can be tricky, especially if English is not your first language. However, even...
The English language’s annoying habit of persistent homophony – having multiple words which are pronounced...
In academic writing we often use words which we might not know from daily life....
Although ‘exhort’ and ‘extort’ differ in meaning, it’s still easy to get these terms mixed...
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It was already easy to mix up the similarly-spelled words ‘dependent’ and ‘dependant’. But then...
Mixing up the words ‘continually’ and ‘continuously’ is something that even native English speakers do....
The English language is full of words which sound the same but differ in meaning....
Some of the most common mistakes we see at Proofed are related to the misuse...
In academic writing, even a minor error can make a big difference. ‘Bare’ and ‘bear’,...
On one level, the indefinite articles (‘a’ and ‘an’) are two of the simplest words...