Writing and Language
25 Common Grammar Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Stop their/there mix-ups before you hit send. Fix 25 common grammar mistakes with clear examples — plus a free checker in your browser, no login.
· 14 min read
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Rewrite the Sentence: 40 Examples and Exercises with Answers
Rewrite the sentence exercises with answers: active and passive voice, reported speech, combining sentences, conditionals, key word transformations and concise rewrites.
· 13 min read
Writing and Language
40 Commonly Confused Words in English (With Examples)
40 commonly confused words in English — affect/effect, accept/except, complement/compliment and more — with clear definitions, examples and memory tricks.
· 13 min read
Writing and Language
Is Machine Translation Accurate? How to Get Better Translations
How accurate are Google Translate and other machine translators? What machine translation gets right and wrong, when to use a human, and 10 tips for better results.
· 11 min read
Writing and Language
How Many Words Per Page? Word Count Guide for Essays and More
How many words per page single- and double-spaced, how many pages 500, 1,000 or 2,000 words is, typical essay and article lengths, and reading time by word count.
· 10 min read
Writing and Language
Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Explained
What the Flesch Reading Ease score and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level mean, the formulas, a score chart, target scores by content type and how to improve readability.
· 12 min read
Writing and Language
How to Summarize an Article: Step-by-Step Guide with Examples
How to summarize an article or text: a step-by-step method, summary length rules, a worked example, common mistakes and how to use a free text summarizer.
· 12 min read
Writing and Language
How to Rewrite a Sentence: 10 Techniques with Before-and-After Examples
How to rewrite a sentence to make it clearer, shorter or more formal: 10 techniques with before-and-after examples, plus when to use a sentence rewriter.
· 11 min read
Writing and Language
How to Paraphrase: Definition, 7 Techniques and Examples
Learn how to paraphrase correctly: what paraphrasing means, 7 techniques with examples, paraphrase vs. summary vs. quote, how to cite and how to avoid plagiarism.
· 13 min read