The abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are confused with each other all the time, but they needn’t be. Often one is used in place of the other simply because the author doesn’t know the difference between the two – or even…
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How not to confuse e.g. and i.e.
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Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
Collective Nouns: Why does English have so many?
In our previous post earlier this month, we tackled collective nouns and whether they should be treated as singular or plural. This in turn gave rise to a more interesting question: why does English have so many different collective nouns…
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Posted in Uncategorized, Vocabulary
Posted in Uncategorized, Vocabulary