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How to Use Articles (a,an,the)–Article Flowchart
In arecent study we conductedto analyze our clients’ writing mistakes, we discovered that our clients frequently misused determiners like articles (a, an, and the). In fact, an overwhelming 62% of grammar mistakes found in their writing were related to article use. This statistic is understandable when one considers that the native languages of many of […]
Last Updated : Apr 11, 2023
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How to Choose Keywords for a Research Paper
With the ever-increasing volume of information available digitally, finding relevant sources has become quite the challenge! To hunt down the articles we want, we use search engines and type in keywords that narrow down results. Keywords, therefore, are essential for filtering the overwhelming amount of resources available. When we use these parameters in a database […]
Last Updated : Jan 17, 2023
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How to Avoid Nominalizations and Improve Your Writing
In the first part of a series of editing tips, we will show you how to strengthen your writing effectively. The next few posts will cover the most frequent writing issues we see in our clients’ submissions–namely wordiness. We hope that these overviews and exercises help you reduce word count, clarify your writing, and improve […]
Last Updated : Dec 5, 2022
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Which Academic Editing Service is the Best?
Some academic editors are better than others Deciding whichacademic editing service to trust to edit and proofread youracademicand professionaldocumentsis difficult. The only sure way to discover the quality of any service is to send your document and your money and then wait anxiously to see what the editors will do to your precious work. But […]
Last Updated : Nov 14, 2022
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How to Improve Your Writing: Eliminate Prepositions
As we continue our series on reducing wordiness and improving your writing, we will shift our focus to the dreadful prepositions that plague everyone! For many of you reading our posts, English is a second language, and we can imagine how much you despise memorizing prepositional phrases. Well, we’ve got a bit of good news […]
Last Updated : Nov 15, 2022
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How to Write the Harvard Supplemental Essay
Even in the tumultuous year that has been 2020, for students applying to Harvard College, writing the school’s supplemental essay can be an important part of the application process–and considering the number of highly qualified applicants to this school, the Harvard Admissions Essay remains a daunting task. This video helps clear some things up by […]
Last Updated : Sep 28, 2022
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How to Write a Compelling Research Paper Introduction
After the title page and abstract, the reader’s first true interaction with your research paper is the Introduction. Your Introduction will establish the foundation upon which your readers approach your work, and if you use the tips we discuss in this video and article, these readers should be able to logically apply the rules set […]
Last Updated : Sep 28, 2022
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[Video] 6 Tips for Answering the University of California’s Personal Insight Questions
In addition to completing the Common or Coalition Application, the University of California requires all undergraduate applicants to respond to several questions that give the admissions committee some personal insight into your personality and potential. This video provides some helpful tips on how to approach writing these responses. Who will find this information useful? This […]
Last Updated : Apr 12, 2023
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Essential Admissions Essays for US Graduate Schools (Offline Seminar)
The statement of purpose, personal statement, and letters of recommendation are important essays you will need to submit when applying to graduate programs in the United States. This 1-hour offline seminar explains how to approach these important essays. Who will find this information useful? This video will provide you with: Video Outline: Wordvice Business & […]
Last Updated : Apr 12, 2023
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What are the Most Common English Writing Errors?
Year upon year,Wordvice Editing Servicereceives tens of millions of words to edit from our academic and admissions editing clients. According to a 2016 study conducted by Wordvice (and a dataset of 9,000 papers and 12,000,000), the most common English writing errors are determiners, preposition use, and parallelism, among a few key others. How did we […]
Last Updated : Sep 28, 2022
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