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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Who vs whom: part 2
Ready? Brain engaged? 🧠 Let’s go: Whom is used as the OBJECT of the sentence (both directly and indirectly). Think of ‘whom’ as: me,...
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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Who vs whom
I’ll do it in two parts to give your head time to absorb it all 🤯 📉 Apparently, over the last 200 years, the pronoun ‘whom’ has been on...
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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Advice on practising your licence
✒Who would like another top tip? ✒ Let’s go…….. What is the difference between practice and practise? 🤔 These two often trip people up,...
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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20221 min read
DO NOT DO IT!!
OK so this is my last one on apostrophes for now and it’s quite a bossy one: NEVER USE AN APOSTROPHE TO MAKE A PLURAL. ❌ EVER. NEVER...
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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20222 min read
The bread of Luisa
The other job an apostrophe has is to show that a thing belongs to someone or something: Ferdinand’s brain fell out. 🧠 For most nouns...
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teresa0606
Jan 11, 20222 min read
That dingly dangly thing
Apostrophes (part 1 😉 ) Where to begin with that teeny, tiny, little dangly punctuation mark? They have two main uses: ✅ To indicate...
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teresa0606
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Affect vs effect
In their simplest form: Affect (verb) means to produce a change or influence something Effect (noun) indicates an event whereby a change...
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teresa0606
Nov 5, 20212 min read
I just have a lot to say.
As part of my admin role, I had to format some press releases but noticed that there were a few minor slips in the copy. Checking with my...
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teresa0606
Nov 5, 20212 min read
....still all about me!
I have always had a sense of the injustices in the world, but it was whilst I was in London, surrounded by a melting pot of cultures and...
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teresa0606
Nov 5, 20212 min read
It's all about me!
So, now I’ve told you that proofreading is more than reading, I bet you’re all wondering what makes me think that I’m qualified to give...
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teresa0606
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Isn't it just reading?
"But it's just reading isn't it?" Sure, reading is part of it. However, if it was 'just reading' then I may as well have not bothered...
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teresa0606
Oct 5, 20211 min read
'I' and 'me'
I always remember the day I was taught to use 'I' and 'me' correctly. I was 6 years old and school had been cancelled because of the deep...
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