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Writing Tips: 8 Types of Pronoun

Pronouns are to language what screws are to flat pack furniture: they might seem insignificant...

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Punctuation Tips: Colon Usage

This is one of the hardest things we’ve done. Not explaining colon usage (that’s simple)....

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Word Choice: Historical vs. Historic

We all know that ‘history’ is ‘the past’, particularly as an academic subject (e.g. ‘I...

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Misused Words: Ironic and Literally

Put on your pedantry hats, it’s time to look at some commonly misused words! To...

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Word Choice: Whales, Wails or Wales?

One is a country with an apparent vowel shortage, one is a large aquatic mammal,...

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Transitional Words (How to Make Your Writing Flow)

One challenging aspect of academic writing is making sure your essay flows coherently from one...

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Yarr, Matey! (4 Nautical Phrases to Help You Talk Like a Pirate)

Ahoy, matey! Yarr! Shiver me timbers! Splice the mainbrace, and so on and so on....

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Grammar Tips: Adverbs and Adjectives

Adverbs and adjectives are both used to modify other words, allowing us to provide more...

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Writing a Professional Email: 5 Top Tips

We’ve heard that, these days, young people communicate primarily via emoji. That’s fine. We can’t...

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Word Choice: Practice vs. Practise

If you’ve ever wondered why Americans think British English is weird, look no further than...

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Noun Types: Abstract, Concrete, Collective and Compound

Most of us know that nouns are naming words. The noun ‘dog’, for instance, is...

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Word Choice: Here vs. Hear

‘Here’ and ‘hear’ are both common English words and sound identical when spoken. Nevertheless, these...

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