How to Avoid the Plagiarism Trap  “An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own […].” – Definition of plagiarism from Dictionary.com Why you should avoid plagiarism You could possibly harm your personal and/or company’s reputation. […]

Punctuation Take the sentence – A woman without her man is nothing. Now see the difference punctuation makes: A woman, without her man, is nothing. A woman: without her, man is nothing. “Punctuation is one of the most important aspects of written English, and yet it is one that is taken the most lightly.” – […]

Synonym Abuse A synonym is a word or phrase that means nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. Synonyms can be any part of speech such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions, as long […]