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Our team of experts posts daily about spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice, referencing, and more to help you better understand the English language and improve your writing skills.

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Word Choice: Enquire vs. Inquire

May we ask you a question? Do you know the difference between an ‘enquiry’ and...

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What Is IEEE Referencing? An Overview

For those of us without technological know-how, engineers are basically wizards. They take maths and...

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A Quick Guide to Contractions

Are you in the final stages of pregnancy and experiencing tight feelings in your lower...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Creating an Index

Manual indexing is a specialist skill. Creating an index takes patience and attention to detail,...

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MHRA Referencing – Newspapers

Writing about something newsworthy? Then you might need to reference a newspaper at some point....

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Word Choice: Coarse vs. Course

Since the words ‘oar’ and ‘our’ are pronounced differently, you’d think the same would be...

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Christmas Dinner (A Proofreading Story)

The menus had arrived from the printer and Delia was worried. Christmas dinner was important....

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Spelling Tips: Using Suffixes

Have you ever noticed that the ending of a word can change its meaning? Sometimes...

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Cardinal vs. Ordinal Numbers (Knowing the Difference)

Numbers can be tricky things. So, when people start throwing around words like ‘cardinal numbers’...

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Word Choice: Hung vs. Hanged

Mixing up ‘hung’ and ‘hanged’ is quite a common error, even among native English speakers....

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Vancouver Referencing – Citing a Book

These days, many treat books as things you put on shelves so you look smart...

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Formatting Tips: Adding Emphasis in Writing

There are many ways to add emphasis IN writing. But unless you know which style...

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