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Even in an era of fake news, you can’t get away with fake referencing. Thus,...
Collective nouns can be confusing if you’re not sure what they are. They look singular...
Maybe you’ve heard people refer to ‘accents’ when writing certain words. Or maybe you’ve just...
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Learning a new language is hard work. If you are an ESL (English as a...
Why do some people say that evolution is ‘only a theory’ when there’s so much...
Prepositions are tricky words, especially if you speak English as a second language. They’re common...
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Social media distracts people from their work more often than contributing to it. But this...
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Today in Idiom Corner, we’re looking at a common expression: ‘free rein’. Or should that...
‘The’, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are, respectively, the first, sixth and thirty-second most common words in...
Vowel order can be tricky in English, since there isn’t always an obvious connection between...
Happy Fourth of July! 240 years ago today, America’s founding fathers agreed to adopt the...
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Acronyms are common in academic writing, as they ensure concision and readability. The United Nations...