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Deadlines (Why They’re Important and How to Meet Them)
Even famous writers struggle with deadlines: George R. R. Martin made the news by missing...
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The Glorious World of Prepositions: ‘Into’ & ‘Because Of’
Prepositions are used to show the relationship between other words in a sentence, making them...
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Word Choice: Compliment vs. Complement
Aren’t you looking lovely today! What a great outfit! Have you been working out? And...
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Word Choice: Who vs. Whom
The question of when to use the word ‘whom’ is such a common issue that...
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How to Write the Date in an Essay
You probably see the date written down (or displayed on a screen) dozens of times...
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Preposition Usage: ‘In’, ‘Of’ and ‘To’
A preposition introduces additional detail in a sentence. This can be about things like times...
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Word Choice: Comprise vs. Compose
We venture again into ambiguous territory, this time to take a look at the words...
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Word Choice: Then vs. Than
If English isn’t your first language, it’s easy to get similar words confused. ‘Then’ and...
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Other Ways of Saying ‘Because’
If English is not your first language, you may not know that there are lots...
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When to Use a Semicolon
The semicolon is notorious for being difficult. Used wrongly, it makes your work read very...
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‘The’, ‘A’ and ‘An’: When and How to Use Articles
An ‘article’, in language, is used to point out or refer to nouns. In English,...
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The Basics of Subject-Verb Agreement
Constructing a grammatical sentence can be a tricky business, especially when it comes to conjugating...
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