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November 10, 2021Have you ever decided to buy a certain product because the packaging assures you that it’s better? I didn’t…
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July 10, 2021Recently, I edited a PhD dissertation for a literature major which mostly meant that I had to wade through…
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March 10, 2021Each author has their own unique voice. Likely, you’ve spent a lot of time developing the tone and style…
February 10, 2021Let’s Cut Ourselves Some Slack Adding a little flair to your writing with idioms can be confusing, but hang…
December 10, 2020To Hyphenate or Not to Hyphenate… How do you feel about hyphens? Do you use them a lot? Never?…
November 10, 2020Vocabulary Mistakes I’ve been proofreading a pretty wide variety of material lately—master’s dissertations, personal letters to family, freshman film…
October 10, 2020A Scenario… Finally! You sit back in your chair and breathe a sigh of relief. The project is done,…
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