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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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Word Choice: Rack vs. Wrack
The words ‘rack’ and ‘wrack’ cause a lot of confusion. This is understandable: after all,...
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How to Handle Sentence Fragments
What do you call a sentence that…? If you think something is missing there, you’re...
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Word Choice: Every Day vs. Everyday
Here at Proofreading Towers, we see certain common errors every day. Aptly enough, one of...
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Spelling Tips: Silent Letter Errors
The phrase ‘silent but deadly’ can be used in three situations: warning people about ninjas,...
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Word Choice: Around vs. Round
Is there a difference between the words ‘around’ and ‘round’? The answer: yes and no....
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Title Case or Sentence Case? (How to Capitalise Headings)
Whether headings are capitalised correctly isn’t nearly as important as writing a good essay in...
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Word Choice: If vs. Whether
We have a slightly unusual Word Choice post today, as we’re looking at the words...
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Spelling Tips: Tricky Vowels and Consonants
Some English words, like ‘plop’, are spelled exactly how they sound. However, not every word...
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Word Choice: Led vs. Lead
The word ‘lead’ has many definitions. Too many, really. In fact, somebody should have put...
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A Quick Look at Compound Words
This is a post about compound words, but let’s start with the Spice Girls: Come...
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