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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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What Is an Epigraph? And How Do I Write One?

Some books include a short quote or phrase at the beginning. These are known as...

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5 Tips on How to Write a Candidate Rejection Letter

If you are an employer, a well-written candidate rejection letter can help to: Show you...

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How to Cite Social Media in Harvard Referencing

Not that long ago, academics would have laughed at the idea of citing social media...

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Word Choice: Cannon vs. Canon

The words “cannon” and “canon” are homophones – words that differ in both their spelling...

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Grammar Tips: Understanding Faulty Parallelism

Grammatical parallelism sounds complicated, but it’s easier to understand than it might seem. And knowing...

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