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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.

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Christmas Dinner (A Proofreading Story)

The menus had arrived from the printer and Delia was worried. Christmas dinner was important....

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Spelling Tips: Using Suffixes

Have you ever noticed that the ending of a word can change its meaning? Sometimes...

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Cardinal vs. Ordinal Numbers (Knowing the Difference)

Numbers can be tricky things. So, when people start throwing around words like ‘cardinal numbers’...

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Word Choice: Hung vs. Hanged

Mixing up ‘hung’ and ‘hanged’ is quite a common error, even among native English speakers....

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Vancouver Referencing – Citing a Book

These days, many treat books as things you put on shelves so you look smart...

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Formatting Tips: Adding Emphasis in Writing

There are many ways to add emphasis IN writing. But unless you know which style...

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Your Guide to Self-Editing: 4 Top Tips

If you’ve ever written something that was perfect after the first draft, congratulations: you are...

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Word Choice: Any More vs. Anymore

We’ve noticed the term ‘anymore’ popping up in documents a lot these days. However, this...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Using ‘Compare’

If we gave you two versions of the same document to compare, would you be...

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What Is Vancouver Referencing?

Vancouver is the most populous city in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is...

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NaNoWriMo – The 5 Things to Do Next

It is the end of November. That means two things: We can start panicking about...

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Spelling Tips: Variant Spellings

Were we paranoid, we’d suspect someone had designed the English language to be infuriating. After...

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