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Paragraph Length: 5 Essential Tips

Paragraph length is important. Too many long paragraphs in a document may make it difficult...

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How to Write the Date in a Document

In an era of calendar apps, we don’t have to write the date down often....

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Creating a List of Charts and Figures

Adding charts and figures to a college paper or business report adds visual impact, which...

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Chicago Referencing – Citing a Newspaper (Footnote Style)

News flash! Citing sources is vital in academic writing. But what should you do if...

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Does Your Business Need a Proofreader?

Does your business need a proofreader? Yes. Yes, it does. That’ll be all. Thank you...

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Tips on Scientific Language

Science can be a dangerous thing in the wrong hands. According to one song, it...

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Formatting Titles

If you need advice about formatting headings in your work, try this post. But if...

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Adjusting Text Alignment

Good formatting is important. After all, you need your text to be easy to read,...

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Word Choice: Choose vs. Chose

The difference between the present and past is important. After all, you’d never get anything...

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Formatting for Emphasis

In this post, we’ll be looking at four ways to format emphasis in Microsoft Word:...

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Percent, Per Cent and Percentages

We’ve been told that putting 110% into anything is mathematically impossible. But we’re proofreaders, not...

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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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