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Pronouns – words that can take the place of a noun in a sentence –...
99.9% of the time in English language writing, sentences start on the left hand side...
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In academic settings, being ‘disinterested’ is usually good; being ‘uninterested’, on the other hand, is...
Etymology is something proofreaders get quite excited about. Mostly this is just because we find...
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Referencing is complicated even at the best of times, but gets particularly silly when you...
While there can only ever be one Brent Spiner, there are two ways we use...
We’ve previously looked at some of the spelling differences between British and American English. But...
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Welcome back to Idiom Corner, where we look at confusing figures of speech. Today, we...
There’s no need to feel embarrassed if you’re confused by the active and passive voice....
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