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Word Choice: Premier vs. Premiere
‘Premier’ and ‘premiere’ are words commonly associated with luxury and red-carpet ceremonies, but how many...
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Word Choice: It’s vs. Its
Mistakes which are simply a matter of misplaced punctuation tend to be common. Confusions of...
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Star Wars Day! Hollywood’s Greatest (Grammatical) Mistakes
To celebrate Star Wars Day – slogan, ‘May the 4th Be With You’ – we’re...
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Word Choice: Consequently vs. Subsequently
The terms ‘consequently’ and ‘subsequently’ are often confused, primarily because they both end in ‘-sequently’,...
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How to Write an E-mail: Salutations & Valedictions
When writing e-mails it’s vital to use appropriate salutations (i.e. openers) and valedictions (i.e. closers)....
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Word Choice: Cent, Scent or Sent?
It’s bad enough when two words sound the same, but some homophones come in threes....
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1, Two, or III? How to Format Numbers in Academic Writing
Whether it’s dates, survey results or statistical data, numbers and numerals play an important role...
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Colour or Color? British and American Spelling
George Bernard Shaw once remarked that ‘England and America are two countries separated by a...
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Word Choice: ‘Onto’ vs. ‘On To’
Herein, we examine the word ‘onto’ and the phrase ‘on to’. They look pretty similar,...
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Writing Tips: Shortening Sentences
In both education and business, writing succinctly is a valuable skill. One simple way to...
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Word Choice: Economical vs. Economic
As much as grammarians hate to admit it, sometimes language refuses to play by the...
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Common and Proper Nouns: Knowing the Difference
The way we describe language is sometimes confusing. Even people who’ve spoken English their entire...
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