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Since they sound identical when spoken, it’s easy to confuse the words ‘chord’ and ‘cord’....
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Greetings to readers in (or from) Scotland! We reserve this extra welcome for those north...
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APA style referencing – developed by the American Psychological Association – is used for citing...
When wanting to start something on a new page in Microsoft Word, many people simply...
Each day comprises twenty-four hours. That’s 1,440 minutes – or 86,400 seconds – in which...
On this blog, we’ve already covered how to cite an edited book using Chicago-style footnotes....
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Usually, our ‘Word Choice’ posts cover homophones (i.e. words that sound alike despite being spelled...
The ‘rules’ of formal English serve a purpose. But is it always wrong to break...
Due to nominative determinism, Count von Count from Sesame Street will attempt to count anything...
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Referencing is complicated at the best of times, especially if using a number of source...
Herein, we’re looking at two words that are frequently used interchangeably, yet which have importantly...
OooOooOoo! *rattles chains* OooOOoo! If you speak phantom, you’ll know that meant ‘welcome to our...