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The Backslash and Forward Slash

Today, we’re looking at some oft-overlooked punctuation marks: the backslash and the forward slash. But...

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The Rules of Adjective Order

The Big Bad Wolf is a rule breaker. And not just because of his penchant...

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Word Choice: Brake vs. Break

We’re back in Homophone Corner with two words that sound exactly the same: ‘brake’ and...

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Formatting Titles in Essays

Handling your own headings is one thing, but how should you write the titles of...

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Essay Mills

It’s not often we invoke William Blake in the title of a blog post, but...

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Stop! Why? Because It’s Terminal Punctuation Time.

‘Terminal punctuation’ might sound dangerous (as if commas posed a health risk). But it’s actually...

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Word Choice: Media vs. Mediums

The word ‘medium’ has several meanings. More confusingly still, it also has two distinct plurals...

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Citation Order in Author–Date Referencing

We cite sources to support our arguments in academic writing. Logically, then, to add extra...

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Stop Repeating Yourself! A Guide to Redundant Expressions

We all repeat ourselves in conversation now and then. But in writing we have the...

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3 Tips on Writing Percentages

We might not offer mathematical advice, but we’re 100% on top of our grammar and...

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4 Guidelines on Paragraph Length

Paragraphs help us structure our ideas, making them essential to most writing (from academic essays...

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Ibid., Op Cit., Et Al. (Latin Terms in Referencing)

If you want to sound smart and/or pretentious, dropping the odd Latin phrase into conversation...

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