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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 : Aug 18, 2021

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How to Avoid Parallelism Mistakes in Writing

Acommon writing issue for many authors of essays and research papers is making sure to use parallel structure. In many ways, the English language operates like math. When we string words or phrases together, we must make sure that all parts are of “equal value.” That is, they must all be in the same form. […]

Last Updated : Aug 18, 2021

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How to Order Adjectives 101

Adjectives Adjectives are words that modify nouns. They give more information about people, animals, places, and things. For example: The large man sitting beside me called for the flight attendant. The flight attendant was veryattentiveandpolite. Using adjectives is a powerful tool that makes your writing more vivid and descriptive. For example, compare the two sentences: […]

Last Updated : Dec 23, 2021

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