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Pronoun Types You Need to Know! (Part 2)
In case you’ve forgotten, pronouns are words that we use in place of other nouns....
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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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