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When writing, it’s easy to confuse the words “there,” “their” and “they’re” since they sound...
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“Hyphenation” is a term for linking two words with a hyphen to make a compound...
You might not have heard of countable and uncountable nouns before. However, it is useful...
How a thesis should look can vary between colleges, so it’s always best to check...
If you regularly use Microsoft Word with a language that reads from right-to-left, you may...
It’s always vital to make the correct word choice in an academic paper. In today’s...
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Although they may sound the same when spoken, “hoard” and “horde” have distinct meanings. As...
The verbs “inflict” and “afflict” are spelled similarly and, indeed, closely related in meaning, since...
Although spelled in the same way in each case, “apprehend” can be used to mean...
As students well know, keeping to a schedule is important when writing an academic paper....
Although the words “faze” and “phase” sound the same, they have different meanings and spellings....
The words “imply” and “infer” are often confused. Both are verbs relating to communication, but...