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Customizing the Spellchecker in Microsoft Word

The spellchecker in Microsoft Word is a useful tool (even if it can’t replace proofreading)....

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Spelling Tips: Baited Breath or Bated Breath?

Given how popular the Harry Potter books were, you’d have thought J.K. Rowling – or...

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Grammar Tips: Double Negatives

We’re not saying grammar isn’t easy, but it isn’t uncomplicated either. And if you struggled...

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Grammatical Differences: American vs. British English

Previously, we’ve looked at some common spelling differences between American English and British English. But...

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Word Choice: Inalienable vs. Unalienable (An Independence Day Special)

Happy Independence Day! To celebrate, we’re looking at a controversy related to the founding of...

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When to Use an Image in an Essay

Pages of text alone can look quite dull. And while “dull” may seem normal enough...

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How to Cite a Newspaper Article in Harvard Referencing

Newspapers and magazines aren’t common sources in academic writing. Or, at least, academics tend to...

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Word Choice: Reoccur vs. Recur

Many of the homophones we look at on this blog have completely different uses from...

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Setting Paper Size in a LaTeX Document

When creating a LaTeX document, you need to set a document class. Each class in...

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Oxford Referencing – Citing a Book

You need two things when citing a book in the Oxford referencing system: a footnote...

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Grammatical Person: The First, Second, and Third Person

As proofreaders, we could describe ourselves as “grammatical people.” We won’t, though, because “grammatical person”...

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Fallacy Watch: What Is Faulty Generalization?

Faulty generalization is a common fallacy – an error in an argument – in both...

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