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  • 30 Common English Idioms and Their History

    Here’s a delight­ful list of the thirty most com­mon Eng­lish idioms (fig­ures of speech) and their his­tor­i­cal ori­gins. You’ll learn the ori­gins of the phrases like “green-eyed mon­ster,” “apple of my eye,” “skele­ton in the closet” and many others.

    30 Com­mon Eng­lish Idioms

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  • 100 English Grammar Blogs Posts

    If you are look­ing for an assort­ment of Eng­lish blog posts about every sort of topic related to gram­mar, spelling, and punc­tu­a­tion here it is:
    100 Eng­lish Gram­mar Blog Posts

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  • 10 Tips for Improving Your English Spelling

    This short arti­cle will show you easy ways for improv­ing your Eng­lish spelling. 10 Tips for the Spelling Challenged

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  • More on Subject-Verb Agreement Rules

    This clearly writ­ten arti­cle cov­ers the com­plex­i­ties of subject-verb agreement:

    Subject-Verb Agree­ment Rules

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  • How to Write With Ordinal Numbers

    This short post shows you the gram­mat­i­cally cor­rect way to use ordi­nal num­bers in your Eng­lish writing:

    Ordi­nal Num­bers: How to Use Them in Your Eng­lish Writing

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  • Everything About Relative Pronouns

    Every­thing you wanted to know about how to use rel­a­tive pro­nouns (that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, and why):

    How to Use Rel­a­tive Prounouns

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  • Tone in Business Writing

    Here’s an arti­cle that gives you some juicy tips on how to achieve the proper tone in busi­ness writing:

    Tone in Busi­ness Writing

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  • Adjective or Adverb?

    This post from Pur­due OWL (online writ­ing lab) describes the dif­fer­ence between adjec­tives and adverbs. You learn some of the var­i­ous rules for using them.

    Adjec­tive or Adverb?

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  • The Elements of Style Online

    Here is the clas­sic Eng­lish gram­mar and writ­ing style guide online: The Ele­ments of Style. This is a “must-use,” essen­tial ref­er­ence guide if you want to write with cor­rect Eng­lish. Orig­i­nally writ­ten by William Struck, Jr. in 1918.

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  • 20 Online English Grammar Sites

    Here is a great list of twenty online Eng­lish gram­mar sites with tons of great gram­mar tips and ideas:

    20 Online Eng­lish Gram­mar Sites

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