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Did you think punctuation was complicated enough? Well, today, the 24th of September, is National Punctuation...
Seen a TV show that is relevant to an essay you’re writing? If so, make...
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The capitalisation of ‘Black’ has been a topic of much debate recently. But why is...
‘Bean’ and ‘been’ sound the same, so it’s easy to mix up these words. But...
To improve at anything, you should practise every day. And if English is your second...
Ahoy, matey! Yarr! Shiver me timbers! Splice the mainbrace, and so on and so on....
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Television isn’t a traditional academic source. But if you’ve seen an insightful program, or you’re...
You may need to take minutes as a record of the actions taken and decisions...
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‘Wine’ and ‘whine’ have very different meanings, but they only differ by one letter, so...
The AP Stylebook is a popular style guide in the business and journalism worlds. But...
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Allegory has been a popular literary technique for almost as long as we’ve had writing....
Underlining text in Microsoft Word is simple. You can even tailor the line style! To...