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In the world of punctuation, there are many rules and usages. A period likes to stop, a comma can pause, and an exclamation mark can scream. So what is the purpose of quotation marks? They can give your writing a voice. We all learned in grade school how to use quotation marks, but after so many years...

Learn When to Underline a Title Although the content is always the most important aspect of your paper, its presentation matters as well. You must learn when to underline a title. Any errors or issues will draw attention away from what you want to say. While spelling and grammar check are the most obvious...

When I was in sixth grade, I won the class spelling bee. As I stood there, my teacher’s words—i before e except after c—echoed in my head. Then I confidently shouted, “Receive . . . R-E-C-E- I-V-E!” I was the kid who loved to read, and I devoured books like they were going out of style. In other words,...

Remove Editor Comments in Microsoft Word In today’s fast-paced, technological society, keeping up to date with all the latest gadgets, updates, and gizmos can be a challenge, especially if you don’t consider yourself to be particularly tech-savvy, or if you’re a bit of a technophobe.  This can also...

Even though using spellchecking functions and tools usually provided in the word processing package of choice seems rather obvious thing to do, not many writers make full use of this highly effective tool. Even though it is not 100% reliable and caution must be used when relaying on spellchecker to detect...