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Vocabulary Tips: Collective Nouns

Can a word be both singular and plural? If you’re asking about collective nouns, the...

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Spelling Tips: What Are Diacritics?

If you’re a native English speaker, you might think we’re okay with only 26 letters....

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MHRA Referencing – Conference Proceedings

After an academic conference, the papers presented are often published as ‘conference proceedings’. These are...

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Word Choice: Bought vs. Brought

We love a good ‘bring-and-buy’ sale (along with car boots and flea markets; any excuse...

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Essay Tips: The 4 Types of Essay

Every essay is different, depending on the length, subject matter, etc. Nevertheless, we can still...

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MHRA Referencing – Citing a Website

Still using books when researching an essay? You might as well be living in the...

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Vocabulary Tips: Alternatives to ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’

‘Good’ is the most common adjective in the English language. ‘Bad’, meanwhile, is number 23...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Images and Text Wrapping

According to the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words. Despite this, pictures...

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Word Choice: Passed vs. Past

We’ve been campaigning to have homophones banned. After all, spelling is tricky enough as it...

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MLA Referencing – Citing a Conference Paper

All the hot new research gets debuted at conferences. In fact, on the academic scene,...

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A Guide to Roman Numerals in Essays

The Romans gave us many things: roads, sanitation, towns, the calendar… and numerals! Okay, not...

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Word Choice: Refute vs. Rebut

‘Refute’ and ‘rebut’ are both commonly used to mean ‘deny’ or ‘reject’. However, these terms...

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