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A descriptive essay, as the name may suggest, is an essay in which you describe...
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As with most citation systems, Chicago referencing requires you to list all cited sources at...
Usually, our Word Choice posts cover homophones (i.e., words that sound alike but have different...
Some quotes are so good they enter the popular consciousness. You don’t have to be...
Puns! Some people think they’re pun-derful, while some people think they’re pun-ishingly bad. But what...
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There’s a good chance you’ve seen ligatures, especially in older documents or in writing that...
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“Leant” and “lent” sound identical. They’re also both past tense verbs. As a result, it’s...
We’ve written about hyphens and numbers before, but here we’re combining the two. Why? Because...
When you need a spreadsheet, who do you call? For a long time, the answer...
Ideally, all words would be clearly distinct in spelling and pronunciation. In practice, though, there...
With silent letters and homophones to confuse things, English spelling can be difficult. To help...
Today is Valentine’s Day. A day of love, romance, and… apostrophes? Yes, at this time...