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Most people get confused about which nouns need capitalizing. Why on earth do we use...
If you are moving into your first shared apartment, you’re probably worried about paying the...
Starting college can be tough. You’ve got new ideas to wrestle with, new friends to...
The words “born” and “borne” are spelled almost the same but differ in meaning. Getting...
Homophones – similar sounding words that differ in meaning – can cause a lot of...
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Even if you’re familiar with the basics of the American Psychological Society (APA) style guide,...
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Time makes fools of us all, even when it comes to referencing. As such, it’s...
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There are two main ways to use apostrophes: to indicate possession or in contractions. You...
Getting your references right is one of the toughest parts of writing a paper, especially...
When writing a master’s thesis or PhD dissertation, it’s easy to lose track of what...
Here at Proofed, we see plenty of linguistic mix-ups. However, few cause more confusion than...
“Farther” and “further” mean the same thing, right? Well, in American English we distinguish between...