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Editing vs. Proofreading
Before hiring a proofreader, you need to know what kind of service you want. There...
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Paraphrasing in an Essay
Quoting sources in an essay is a bit like cutting your toenails: useful to do...
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The Backslash and Forward Slash
Today, we’re looking at some oft-overlooked punctuation marks: the backslash and the forward slash. But...
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The Rules of Adjective Order
The Big Bad Wolf is a rule breaker. And not just because of his penchant...
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Word Choice: Brake vs. Break
We’re back in Homophone Corner with two words that sound exactly the same: ‘brake’ and...
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Formatting Titles in Essays
Handling your own headings is one thing, but how should you write the titles of...
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Stop! Why? Because It’s Terminal Punctuation Time.
‘Terminal punctuation’ might sound dangerous (as if commas posed a health risk). But it’s actually...
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Word Choice: Media vs. Mediums
The word ‘medium’ has several meanings. More confusingly still, it also has two distinct plurals...
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Stop Repeating Yourself! A Guide to Redundant Expressions
We all repeat ourselves in conversation now and then. But in writing we have the...
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3 Tips on Writing Percentages
We might not offer mathematical advice, but we’re 100% on top of our grammar and...
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4 Guidelines on Paragraph Length
Paragraphs help us structure our ideas, making them essential to most writing (from academic essays...
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Ibid., Op Cit., Et Al. (Latin Terms in Referencing)
If you want to sound smart and/or pretentious, dropping the odd Latin phrase into conversation...
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