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Did 1990s New Zealand band OMC achieve their only hit with a song about a...
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Today, we’re looking at the word ‘respectively’, which we use to refer to something previously...
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We use conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘but’ to build grammatical sentences, which helps us...
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The title of the 2002 Jennifer Lopez romcom Maid in Manhattan is a pun. Not...
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To get a business idea off the ground, you may need some investment. And this...
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Being able to download an entire library onto a single device is very useful for...
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We use similes and metaphors to make comparisons. And while they’re often associated with poetry,...
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The night’s sky can inspire many thoughts. A scientist might dream of finding a new...
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You have a choice of many referencing systems in academic writing. And many of these...
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As anyone who has turned up for a midday meeting at midnight will tell you,...
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Sometimes, when two words look and sound similar, they come from the same root term....
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Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on...
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