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When someone is applying for a new job, they may have to provide a reference...
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Superscript and subscript are types of formatting used to place text either slightly above (superscript)...
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Readability scores tell you how easy a text is to read. But how do these...
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Academic documents need to be clear, concise, and error free. And to ensure this, there...
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Appositives and appositive phrases sound very technical, but people use them in writing and speech...
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The words “draw” and “drawer” look and sound alike. However, they are used in different...
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Biographies, autobiographies and memoirs are types of narrative non-fiction that tell a person’s real-life story....
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Your company newsletter is a key marketing tool. But the average office worker receives around...
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The words “argument” and “arguing” are often misspelled. This is usually because people include the...
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If you’re writing an academic paper, you may want to refer to reviews of books,...
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The words “will” and “would” are related, leading some people to use them interchangeably. But...
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Slippery slope arguments are common in academic writing. However, they’re also a type of fallacy...
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