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International Women’s Day: Pioneering Female Writers

It’s International Women’s Day, which seems a good time to celebrate pioneering female writers! But...

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Vocabulary Tips: On the One Hand, On the Other Hand

The phrase ‘on the one hand… on the other hand’ is common in English. But...

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5 Top Motivation Tips for Students

Motivation is tricky. It’s not that you don’t want to write that essay. But your...

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English Dialects: What Is American English?

You may have heard people describe certain words or spellings as ‘American English’. But how...

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Citing Images in APA Referencing

Most sources you cite in an essay will be text based (e.g. books and journal...

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Word Choice: Recur vs. Reoccur

Many of the homophones we look at on this blog differ completely from one another...

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How to Use Footnotes and Endnotes in Essays

Footnotes and endnotes both offer a way to add extra information to an essay. But...

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Writing Tips: The Structure of a Business Report

As well as being clear, concise and formal, a good business report should have a...

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Citing an Online Video in Chicago Author–Date Referencing

How does citing an online video in an essay work? Previously, we have explained how...

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Word Choice: Hole vs. Whole

The words ‘hole’ and ‘whole’ sound the same. However, one of them is spelled with...

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Writing Tips: The Elements of a Screenplay

A ‘screenplay’ is typically a script for a film or television show. And if you...

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English Words with Chinese Origins (Chinese New Year)

For Chinese New Year 2019 (the Year of the Pig, no less), we thought we’d...

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