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Word Choice: Guilt vs. Gilt
‘Guilt’ and ‘gilt’ sound very similar. They’re also similarly spelled, with only the ‘u’ in...
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Spelling Tips: Weird or Wierd?
If something is odd, is it ‘weird’ or ‘wierd’? This word is easy to get...
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Word Choice: Earn vs. Urn
‘Earn’ and ‘urn’ sound the same, making it easy to get them confused. But these...
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Grammar Tips: Subject and Object Complements
In grammar, a complement is a word or group of words that completes something. Many...
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9 English Words You Might Not Know Have Spanish Origins
It is Cinco de Mayo, so we’re looking at some English words that came to...
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5 Words from the World of Jazz for International Jazz Day
Today (30 April) is International Jazz Day, a day for celebrating the impact of jazz...
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Word Choice: Fate vs. Fete
Although ‘fate’ and ‘fete’ sound alike, they have very different meanings. Check out our advice...
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A Commoner’s Guide to the Queen’s English
Today, 21 April, is Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday (or one of them, at least). To...
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Spelling Tips: Sergeant or Sargent?
If you are writing about the armed forces or police, you may need to talk...
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Wow! A Quick Guide to Using Interjections
Holy moly! We’ve started this post with an interjection! But what are interjections? And how...
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Word Choice: Dialogue vs. Dialog
Are ‘dialogue’ and ‘dialog’ just different spellings of the same word? Or is there a...
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A Quick Guide to the Perfect Tenses
We use the perfect tenses to describe actions that have been completed or that happened...
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