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How to Write Acknowledgements

If you are near the end of your thesis, you can start to think about...

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Word Choice: Practice vs. Practise

If you read British news sources or websites online, you may have noticed that sometimes...

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Word Choice: Defuse vs. Diffuse

Even if you have a good level of English, it’s still easy to use the...

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Synonyms for “Because”

The word “because” is used to join two ideas and express cause and effect: The...

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How to Use a Colon

The colon (  :  ) can be a tricky punctuation mark to use. As such,...

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Word Choice: There, Their and They’re

When writing, it’s easy to confuse the words “there,” “their” and “they’re” since they sound...

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When to Hyphenate

“Hyphenation” is a term for linking two words with a hyphen to make a compound...

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

You might not have heard of countable and uncountable nouns before. However, it is useful...

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The Basic Structure of a Thesis

How a thesis should look can vary between colleges, so it’s always best to check...

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Changing the Text Direction in Microsoft Word

If you regularly use Microsoft Word with a language that reads from right-to-left, you may...

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Word Choice: Inflict vs. Afflict

The verbs “inflict” and “afflict” are spelled similarly and, indeed, closely related in meaning, since...

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The Two Meanings of “Apprehend” and “Apprehension”

Although spelled in the same way in each case, “apprehend” can be used to mean...

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