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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: 8 Words with Variant Spellings

Spelling isn’t easy. It’s bad enough we have words that sound the same but are spelled...

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Writing Tips: How to Use Block Quotes

Quoting sources is crucial in academic writing. It shows you’ve read up on your subject....

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Word Choice: Program vs. Programme

The Atlantic Ocean is quite big. And with such a large amount of water between...

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Grammar Tips: Using the Past Tense

The past includes everything that has ever happened. And with every second that passes, the...

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Grammar Tips: What Is a Sentence Fragment?

Being proofreaders, we’re keen on keeping things grammatical. As such, we feel sad when we...

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Word Choice: Causal vs. Casual

Sometimes typos are obvious. If you write “teh” instead of “the,” for example, it’s easy...

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How to Use Abbreviations (6 Top Tips)

Abbreviations can be tricky, so it’s important to use them correctly. That’s why we’ve created...

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Microsoft Word Tips: Using Track Changes

One trick of the modern proofreader’s trade is the “Track Changes” function in Microsoft Word....

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Word Choice: Historical vs. Historic

Even native English speakers get “historical” and “historic” mixed up, as many assume they mean...

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Chicago Referencing – Citing a Newspaper (Author–Date Style)

Chicago referencing can seem complicated. This is partly because of the number of source types...

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Punctuation Tips: How to Use Commas

For such a common punctuation mark, commas cause a lot of confusion. But there are...

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5 Tips on How to Develop a Search Strategy

In academic writing, a “search strategy” refers to the methods used to find sources. You’ll...

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