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Your and You’re: How to Tell Them Apart
Learn the difference between your and you're. Read More
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Similar but Different: Using Compare with and Compare to
Learn the uses of compare with and compare to Read More
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Was and Were with the Subjunctive
This post explains when to use "was" and when to use "were" with subjunctive constructions Read More
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Their, There, and They’re: Learn the Difference
Learn the difference between their, there, and they're. Read More
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Attributive Nouns; or, Why There Is Sometimes No Apostrophe in Terms Such As Teachers Union
The possessive of plural nouns ending in s is formed by adding an apostrophe . . . Read More
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Terms for Key Concepts
This post explains how to write about key concepts in MLA style. Read More
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Laying versus Lying
Learn about the differences between laying and lying. Read More
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Getting to the Bottom of Principle and Principal
Learn the difference between principle and principal. Read More