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6 Sentence Rewriter Tools to Assist Your Writing

Are you a student or writer looking for ways to enhance your content and make...

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6 Sentence Rewriter Tools to Assist Your Writing

Are you a student or writer looking for ways to enhance your content and make...

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6 Sentence Rewriter Tools to Assist Your Writing

Are you a student or writer looking for ways to enhance your content and make...

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Eight Synonyms for Emphasize

Because it can be easy to overuse common words in research papers and essays, we’ve...

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Looking for College Essay Help? Here Are Your Options

You have your first college essay to write, so what are your options for getting...

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Four Free Essay Checker Tools

Writing an essay is hard. Revising and proofreading that essay can be even harder. Most...

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Can You Use I or We in a Research Paper?

  Writing in the first person, or using I and we pronouns, has traditionally been...

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“Very,” “Really,” and 15 Other Commonly Confused Adverbs

Find adverbs confusing? You wouldn’t be alone if you do. Adverbs are words that modify...

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Should a Comma Go Before or After So?

Commas are small but mighty pieces of punctuation. Where they’re placed can impact the meaning...

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Punctuation Tips: How to Use Commas With Parentheses

Punctuation with parentheses isn’t always straightforward. For example, should you place a comma before or...

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Then vs. Than | Explanation & Examples

Then and than are two of the most commonly used words in English. They also...

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Idiom Tips: Something to the effect of…

Have you ever heard the phrase to that effect or to the effect of? These...

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