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When you write, it’s important to use correct grammar. This includes writing in complete sentences....
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The words “buy,” “bye,” and “by” look and sound similar. These terms are all used...
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Fractions are used in all sorts of writing, from science and math papers to financial...
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It’s easy to remember how to spell “grandma,” “grandmother,” and “grandson” – they all have...
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“Many” and “much” are both quantifiers (i.e., they indicate quantity). The difference is that we...
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The phrase “lo and behold” is often misspelled as “low and behold,” with an extra...
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With so many conventions for writing dates, days, years, decades, and centuries, it’s easy to...
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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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