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Sentence Types: Simple, Complex and Compound
Expressing yourself clearly in writing is easier if you know how various sentence types are...
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Word Choice: There, Their or They’re?
There are few terms more commonly mixed up than ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. And when...
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Punctuation Tips: How to Use Commas Correctly
For such a common punctuation mark, the comma is a tricky fellow. Certainly, this is...
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An Etymological Christmas
‘Tis the season to be jolly (fa la la la la, la la la la)...
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Word Choice: Explicit vs. Implicit
Antonyms (i.e. words with opposite meanings) often look similar. Take ‘explicit’ and ‘implicit’, for example:...
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Word Choice: Chord vs. Cord
Since they sound identical when spoken, it’s easy to confuse the words ‘chord’ and ‘cord’....
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Pernickety Tattie-Bogles (6 Scottish Words on St Andrew’s Day)
Greetings to readers in (or from) Scotland! We reserve this extra welcome for those north...
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Word Choice: Extent vs. Extend
Usually, our ‘Word Choice’ posts cover homophones (i.e. words that sound alike despite being spelled...
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Formal vs. Informal English (aka Pedantry for Beginners)
The ‘rules’ of formal English serve a purpose. But is it always wrong to break...
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Grammar Tips: Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Due to nominative determinism, Count von Count from Sesame Street will attempt to count anything...
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Word Choice: Assume vs. Presume
Herein, we’re looking at two words that are frequently used interchangeably, yet which have importantly...
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Ghosts, Bones and Witches: Spooky Phrases for Halloween
OooOooOoo! *rattles chains* OooOOoo! If you speak phantom, you’ll know that meant ‘welcome to our...
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