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American vs British English

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Jason / 0 Comment

American British 中文 -a-(primeval) -ae- (primaeval) 早期的 zăo qī de, 原始(时代)的 yuán shĭ shí dài de abbreviations (IBM, PRC) and acronyms (NASA, UNICEF) are all writt...

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How to write

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Jason / 0 Comment

George Orwell’s six elementary rules for clear writing: Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Neve...

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Grammar and punctuation

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Jason / 0 Comment

Note, the following all apply to British English, other versions of English often have different rules. Apostrophes There is never an apostrophe in ‘their...

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