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Using Text Styles in Google Docs

Many people now use Google Docs to create and share documents. And to make sure...

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Setting Paper Size in a LaTeX Document

When creating a LaTeX document, you need to set a document class. Each class in...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing a Book

You need two things when citing a book in the Oxford referencing system: a footnote...

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Fallacy Watch: What Is Faulty Generalisation?

Faulty generalisation is a common fallacy – an error in an argument – in both...

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6 Top Tips for Writing Website Copy

The internet is a big place, with a lot of websites competing for attention. How,...

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Prefixes and How to Use Them

Although we’ve got nothing on German, the English language sometimes involves putting different ‘parts’ of...

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Word Choice: What vs. Which in Questions

We can use both ‘what’ and ‘which’ to ask questions. We can even use them...

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Word Choice: Quick vs. Fast

Whoosh! Zoom! Wheee! We have a need for speed today, so we’re focusing on the...

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Word Choice: Doughnut vs. Donut

It is National Doughnut Day today. This raises two main questions: Why is there a...

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How to Quote Sources in MLA Referencing

You need to quote sources in academic writing. But how this works may depend on...

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The False Cause Fallacy: Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

When we see that two things happen together, we may assume one causes the other....

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Punctuating and Formatting Dialogue

Dialogue – i.e. the words spoken by characters in a story – is a vital...

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