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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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Spelling Tips: A Quick Guide to the Suffix

In English, you can often build new words by attaching a suffix to the end...

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How to Cite a Conference Paper in MHRA Referencing

After an academic conference, the papers are often published as “conference proceedings.” These are very...

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How to Use Google Images Like a Pro

Whether you’re looking for images to use on a website or just want to see...

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How to Cite a YouTube Video in Harvard Referencing

YouTube isn’t just for makeup tutorials and travel vlogs. Sometimes, you may come across something...

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Word Choice: Vain, Vane or Vein?

The words “vain,” “vane,” and “vein” are homophones – words that differ in spelling and...

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Grammar Tips: Understanding Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronouns can be picky things, so you don’t want to mix them with the wrong words....

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Legal Citations: What Is OSCOLA Referencing?

Have you been asked to use OSCOLA referencing in a document? Or are you writing...

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7 Beginners’ Tips on Writing Poetry

Oscar Wilde once wrote, “A poet can survive anything but a misprint.” It’s lucky for poets,...

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Word Choice: Horse vs. Hoarse

What do you call a croaky equine? Before we can answer that question, we need...

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Punctuation Tips: The Backslash and Forward Slash

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

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A Guide to Shortcuts in Google Docs

Google Docs is a brilliant app for writing for formatting documents. And to make the...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing an Online Video

YouTube features plenty of educational content (as well as distractions). But if you’re going to...

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