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Eg or e.g.?

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in English guru, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Eg or e.g.?

Eg or e.g.?

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It’s very danger

Posted by on Dec 6, 2011 in Funny English of the Day | Comments Off on It’s very danger

It’s very danger

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Clean up after yourself

Posted by on Nov 27, 2011 in Funny English of the Day | 8 comments

Clean up after yourself

Dying is no excuse for not cleaning up after yourself. Want to make sure your signs don't look like this? Let us make your English...

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Using proper English: Which one is right?

Posted by on Oct 27, 2011 in Blog | 22 comments

Using proper English: Which one is right?

One issue that puzzles both English learners and native speakers is the difference between British, American, Canadian, and Australian English. This is not to mention South African, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh variants, let alone Jamaican, Indian, Singaporean, and a plethora of other styles. Speakers of English dialects usually agree that some aspects of the way they speak English are just their local flavour, but almost all think that some unique features of their way of speaking are unquestionably right. The fact of the matter is that most styles are closer to American or British English,...

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A Quick Guide to Style Guides (Part 1)

Posted by on Sep 27, 2011 in Blog | 6 comments

A Quick Guide to Style Guides (Part 1)

Does a full stop go inside quotation marks or outside? E-mail or email? Should job titles be capitalized? Which words in a title are capitalized? In a list of items, does a comma come before “and” or not? When should we use bold, and when italics? These and a million other niggling questions come up for all writers, whether bloggers putting together their latest post on pancakes, students composing a paper, or authors putting the final touches on their manuscripts. If you are confused about these items, you’re not alone. In this and future posts, we give you some answers. The first thing to...

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