Welcome To Proofed
Writing Tips

Our team of experts posts daily about spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice, referencing, and more to help you better understand the English language and improve your writing skills.

Use the search field to find a post on a specific topic or browse our recent posts below. And if there’s anything you’d like to see covered on our blog, let us know.

Search

2-minute read

Microsoft Word Tips: Text Alignment

It might seem shallow, but how a document looks can be almost as important as...

3-minute read

Writing Tips: Looking Out for Filler Words

If you want your writing to be concise, you need to look out for filler...

4-minute read

Grammar Tips: Pronouns and Antecedents

We’ve previously discussed subject–verb agreement on this blog. But it’s not just verbs that need...

3-minute read

Word Choice: Choose vs. Chose

‘Choose’ is an irregular verb. This means it doesn’t follow the standard pattern of adding...

3-minute read

5 Tips for Better Business Writing

‘Business writing’ is a funny concept, since it varies so much depending on the situation....

3-minute read

Punctuation Tips: Apostrophes and Joint Ownership

We’ve written about possessive apostrophes before on this blog. In case you’re not sure, we...

Instant Quote

You can also upload a document to get an instant quote

Icon of cloud upload

Drag & drop your file

or browse your computer

Browse from your device

You can also upload a document to get an instant quote

Icon of cloud upload

Drop your file here!

Icon of loading status

Your file is being
uploaded!

2-minute read

Word Choice: Enquire vs. Inquire

May we ask you a question? Do you know the difference between an ‘enquiry’ and...

3-minute read

What Is IEEE Referencing? An Overview

For those of us without technological know-how, engineers are basically wizards. They take maths and...

3-minute read

A Quick Guide to Contractions

Are you in the final stages of pregnancy and experiencing tight feelings in your lower...

3-minute read

Microsoft Word Tips: Creating an Index

Manual indexing is a specialist skill. Creating an index takes patience and attention to detail,...

4-minute read

MHRA Referencing – Newspapers

Writing about something newsworthy? Then you might need to reference a newspaper at some point....

2-minute read

Word Choice: Coarse vs. Course

Since the words ‘oar’ and ‘our’ are pronounced differently, you’d think the same would be...

Trusted by thousands of leading
institutions and businesses