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Punctuation Tips: Fun with Parentheses
Are parentheses fun? Of course! How else would you type a smiley face? : –...
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Grammar Tips: The Present Tense
Many people find tense a confusing part of grammar. But the present tense is essential...
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Word Choice: Principal vs. Principle
When two words sound alike, and when they’re not words we use on a daily...
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Idiom Corner: ‘Could Care Less’ and ‘Intensive Purposes’
It’s time to look at some commonly misused figures of speech. In particular, we’re going...
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5 Differences Between British and American Vocabulary
We’ve previously looked at the differences between British and American English in grammar and spelling....
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Word Choice: Peak, Peek or Pique?
The words ‘peak’, ‘peek’ and ‘pique’ beg an important question: what kind of language has...
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Punctuation Tips: Comma Splices and How to Fix Them
Comma splices are easy to miss, many writers use them every day. In fact, we...
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Word Choice: That vs. Which
For two such common words, ‘that’ and ‘which’ cause a lot of headaches. This is...
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Grammar Tips: Looking Back at the Past Tense
Are you feeling nostalgic? Do you feel a need to talk about the past? Are...
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Word Choice: Formally vs. Formerly
And so we return to Homonym Corner, where we untangle two terms that sound similar...
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Grammar Tips: Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparatives and superlatives are used for comparing things (e.g., saying something is “better” than something...
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Word Choice: Faint vs. Feint
This blog post isn’t for the ‘feint of heart’. That’s because there’s no such thing...
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