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Semicolons and Colons
This article details how to use semicolons and colons. Semicolons A semicolon creates separation. They...
Use of Hyphens
This short tutorial will detail the proper use of hyphens. There are simple guidelines to determine when...
top-five-most-common-citation-mistakes
You’re writing a research paper or your dissertation, but you have no clue about how to cite your references....

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Sloppy writing can make you a sloppy researcher in a reader’s eyes. Your instructor may not be too forgiving about a bunch of typos or an incorrect citation in your paper either. While a professional editor can help you avoid many of these problems, make sure you know exactly what services to request....
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What are the responsibilities of a technical writer? Technical writers gather information from specific subject areas (e.g., computer science, engineering, manufacturing, the general sciences) and use excellent grammatical, punctuation and writing skills to produce written products for communication...
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This is a brief description of what technical editors provide to their clients and how important their work can be to helping laypersons understand the subject matter. Technical editing is not very different from general editing with the exception that the subject area (and thus, the vocabulary) requires...
Short Story Publication - The Importance of a Solid Title
hort Story Publication – No matter how fantastic the short story you have written may be, without a solid title the chances are good that an editor and audience in general will simply not read it. The title is the most important part of the story as this is what first captures the reader’s attention.A...
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Deciding to self-publish – When most people think of publishing, the big publishing houses in New York and London come to mind. However, self-publishing is also an option, and although most successful self-published works are classics of literature written and produced before the advent of the major...
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