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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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Word Choice: Dependant vs. Dependent
The words ‘dependant’ and ‘dependent’ cause a lot of confusion. This is due to being...
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5 Top Tips for Writing a Letter of Complaint
In a perfect world, everything would work all the time and we’d never have to...
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Independence Day (The Language of the Declaration of Independence)
Happy Fourth of July! 240 years ago today, America’s founding fathers agreed to adopt the...
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Word Choice: Disinterested vs. Uninterested
In academic settings, being ‘disinterested’ is usually good; being ‘uninterested’, on the other hand, is...
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What Is Etymology? And Where Does ‘Proofreading’ Come From?
Etymology is something proofreaders get quite excited about. Mostly this is just because we find...
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The Great ‘Data’ Debate: Singular or Plural?
While there can only ever be one Brent Spiner, there are two ways we use...
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British and American Grammar (Two Ways of Speaking)
We’ve previously looked at some of the spelling differences between British and American English. But...
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Idiom Corner: The Exception that Proves the Rule
Welcome back to Idiom Corner, where we look at confusing figures of speech. Today, we...
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The Active and Passive Voice (And When to Use Them)
There’s no need to feel embarrassed if you’re confused by the active and passive voice....
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Express Yourself! 5 Superb Creative Writing Tips
We’re not all about academia here at Proofread My Essay; we like novels, poetry and...
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Idiom Corner: Free Rein or Free Reign?
Welcome to Idiom Corner! This is where we look at some commonly confused figures of...
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