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Word Choice: Proscribe vs. Prescribe
Although they sound similar, ‘proscribe’ and ‘prescribe’ mean different things. If you’re unsure which is...
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How to Use an Ellipsis
When quoting lengthy passages of text in your work, you may wish to omit a...
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Word Choice: Eventually vs. Ultimately
It is easy to misuse words if they look or sound similar. But you can...
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Word Choice: Elicit vs. Illicit
When words sound or look similar, like ‘elicit’ and ‘illicit’, it can be easy to...
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Word Choice: Continuously vs. Continually
It can be easy to mix up ‘continuously’ and ‘continually’ in your writing. As such,...
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Word Choice: Exhort vs. Extort
Some words look similar written down, making it very easy to mix them up. Take...
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Word Choice: Deprecate vs. Depreciate
It can be easy to misuse some terms in writing, since many words sound and...
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Word Choice: Defuse vs. Diffuse
Mistakes regarding word choice are common, especially when writing an essay, which often requires using...
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Word Choice: Immigrate vs. Emigrate
If two words sound the same, it can be easy to mix them up in...
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Word Choice: Adapt vs. Adopt
In this blog post, we explain the difference between two words that many people use...
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Word Choice: Whose vs. Who’s
It can be easy to mix up ‘whose’ and ‘who’s’ when writing. They sound exactly...
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What Should I Capitalise? A Guide for the Confused
At Proofed, a common problem we see in writing is incorrect or inconsistent capitalisation. As...
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