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Thanksgiving 2020

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Words in Orbit

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Your Feedback Wanted - Quick Survey

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Popular Style Guides and What You Need to Know About Each - Part 1

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Origins of Holiday Stories from Around the World

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Master Prefixes and Suffixes with Hyphens

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i.e. vs. e.g. and When to Use Which

Uncommon Punctuation Marks and How to Use Them

Do Emojis Belong in Business Writing?

How to Connect with Your Audience Emotionally Using Grammar

Tips for Avoiding Gender Bias in Your Writing

How Good Are You at Conjugating Verbs?

How to Write an Impressive Social Media Profile

Demystifying Common Confusing Idioms and Phrases

How Words Are Added to a Dictionary

Advanced Punctuation Quiz

Ace Your Next Vocabulary Quiz by Knowing These Common Word Roots

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What Every Proofreader Needs You to Know

Write Web Copy that Gets Results

Famous Authors with Unique Writing Rituals and Why You Need One

Editor or Proofreader: Who Does What?

Here's the Best Time for You to Write, According to Science

The Oxford Comma: Use It or Ditch It?

10 Commandments of Technical Writing

5 Tips to Beat Writer's Block

10 Online Courses to Improve Your Writing Skills

5 Creative Writing Exercises to Improve Your Business Writing

Improve Your Writing Today with These 10 Apps

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Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – Part 1

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Are You Damaging Your Professional Reputation?

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Can You Pass This High School English Test?

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Grammar Rules You Can and Should Break in Your Marketing Copy

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A Request: Write Legal Documents in Plain English

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Quiz: Easily Confused Words

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Embarrassing Grammar Errors in 2016

Fact Checking the Story of Christmas

Five Ways Technology Can Hurt Your Writing and What to Do About It

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How Grammar Has Changed Generationally

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Get Help for Your Writing

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The Great Grammar Debate: Where Do YOU Stand?

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Who or Whom? Get It Right Every Time with These 3 Tricks

Why Proofreading Is a Must for Legal Firms

Release Your Inner Grammar Demons

Should You Correct Others’ Grammar?

Why Proofreaders Can't Do Everything

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Beat the Heat with a Cool Quiz

Use the Right Words to Attract Your Audience

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Resumes That Get You Noticed

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Internet: Making the Case for Lowercase

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Putting Only in Its Place

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Trim Prepositional Phrases for Leaner Writing

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Break Your Bizspeak Addiction

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No Time Like the Present

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Campaign Trail Littered with Typos

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The End of the English Language?

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