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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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Picking a PhD Topic: 5 Mistakes to Avoid

If you’re considering studying a PhD, you probably have a decent sense of what you...

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Sharpen Up Your Writing: A Quick Guide to Sentence Types

Writing in grammatical sentences helps you to express yourself clearly, but there’s more to sentence...

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Don’t Trust the Microsoft Word Thesaurus!

A common problem many of our customers have is that they use the same word...

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8 Tips for Effective Revision

If you’ve got exams coming up, you’ll probably be hard at work revising. But how...

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All About the Word “About”!

One of the most common problems our customers have is how to use the word...

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Word Choice: Cent, Scent or Sent?

It can be tricky to know which word to use, especially when using homophones (words...

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5 College Cash-Saving Tips

So the end of semester is nearly here, and I guess your bank account is...

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Hyphens and Dashes: The Mystery Revealed

The use of hyphens and dashes in writing can seem an arcane mystery whose secrets...

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5 Tips for Taking Notes

Taking notes is an essential part of studying at college. You’ll need to take notes...

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What Is an Ellipsis?

Ellipses are punctuation marks that are useful in academic writing, where there is sometimes a...

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Why Does Referencing Affect Your Grades?

Here at Proofed, we get a lot of requests for help with referencing. But why...

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6 Reasons You Should Invest in Proofreading

I was walking down the street the other day, when a man with a mad...

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