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Essay Writing
There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to undergo the ritual that marks the first, fateful step on the road to becoming an adult. It’s called ‘writing an essay’…

Essay Writing There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to undergo the ritual that marks the first, fateful step on the road to becoming an adult. It’s called ‘writing an essay& #8217…

11+ Word of the Day: sane = sensible

Speech Marks
Speech marks, inverted commas, quotation marks, quote marks, quotes, 66 and 99 – does any other punctuation mark have so many names or cause so much confusion…?!

Speech Marks Speech marks, inverted commas, quotation marks, quote marks, quotes, 66 and 99 – does any other punctuation mark have so many names or cause so much confusion…?!

11+ Word of the Day: rank = order (noun) or rotten (adjective)

Capital!
The three main things to check after writing anything are spelling, punctuation and capital letters, so when do you use capitals?

Capital! I always sign Christmas and birthday cards with a capital ‘N’. It makes me feel like Napoleon… The three main things to check after writing anything are spelling, punctuation and …

11+ Word of the Day: pardon = forgive

Parts of Speech
English exams often ask questions about the ‘parts of speech’. This is just a fancy term for all the different kinds of words, but they’re worth knowing just in case. Just watch out for words such as ‘jump’, which can be more than one part of speech!

Parts of Speech When is a verb not a verb? When it’s a part of speech. English exams often ask questions about the ‘parts of speech’. This is just a fancy term for all the different kinds of word…

11+ Word of the Day: objection = complaint

Spelling Rules
The problem with the English is that we’ve invaded (and been invaded by) so many countries that our language has ended up with a mish-mash of spelling rules…

Spelling Rules The problem with the English is that we’ve invaded (and been invaded by) so many countries that our language has ended up with a mish-mash of spelling rules. English is among the easiest lang…