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When to Use Italics Posted by on Jul 27, 2020

Here’s something unique to modern life. You’re writing an email, an essay, or a term paper and you want to draw attention to a title, a phrase, or some other element within the body of your work. Should you use italics? You would never have had to think about this 25 years ago because there…

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The Dying Art of Cursive in English Posted by on May 4, 2017

Cursive is any writing in which the letters are joined together in a flowing manner. In English, we call this penmanship in longhand. It is also known as writing in script. Whatever you call it, this is becoming a disappearing skill. The letters in English cursive writing always loop, eventually finding and connecting with each…

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Improve Your Writing by Not Using “And” Too Much Posted by on Jan 28, 2012

Business Man Writing

Many people want to improve their English writing. There are many things you can try to achieve this but one of the easiest tips is not to use the word “and” too much. When you use “and” a lot, your writing starts to become a bit boring.  Instead try using some different words. For example…

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