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Despite the stereotypes, Canadian English is not saying ‘aboot’ instead of ‘about’. It is actually...
Dialogue is an important part of fiction. But when you have multiple characters, you may...
The words ‘check’ and ‘cheque’ sound identical when spoken. You may have noticed, however, that...
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If you are passionate about your subject area, you may want to share your knowledge...
English may have begun in England (sort of – it’s a Germanic language, after all)....
It’s International Women’s Day, which seems a good time to celebrate pioneering female writers! But...
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The phrase ‘on the one hand… on the other hand’ is common in English. But...
Motivation is tricky. It’s not that you don’t want to write that essay. But your...
You may have heard people describe certain words or spellings as ‘American English’. But how...
Most sources you cite in an essay will be text based (e.g. books and journal...
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Many of the homophones we look at on this blog differ completely from one another...
Footnotes and endnotes both offer a way to add extra information to an essay. But...