You’ve bought the perfect Christmas gifts. Now you have to write the perfect card, and we’re here to help! Below, you’ll find eleven Christmas card messages, plus tips to help you write your own.
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Alliteration is a literary device in which the first consonant sound of two or more words appearing next to (or near) each other are the same. The Wicked Witch of the West is an example of alliteration.
When writing an alliteration, you must focus on the sound the letters make, not just the letter itself. For example, great gorilla is an alliteration, but giant gorilla is not.
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Whether you’re writing a formal text or creative text, you may notice that said is a frequently used verb. After all, it denotes information that someone has spoken. Said can be found in essays such as explanatory essays, where the writer has to explain what a source has, well, said.
It’s also found in creative writing to commence a dialogue. Below, you’ll find five alternatives that are perfect for formal settings and five alternatives that are great for creative writing.
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Some words are spelled or pronounced similarly but have two different meanings. You can say that these words have dual definitions.
Now, imagine these two words fighting to maintain their honor and declare themselves the stronger, more significant of the two. You can say that these words are in a duel.
Below, we’ll elaborate on the difference between dual and duel, and show you a trick that’ll help you remember how to use these words correctly.
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Knowing how to speak fluent English entails much more than just memorizing definitions, understanding the parts of speech, and following the grammar rules.
Learning several different ways of saying even the most common phrases helps you sound more natural, regardless of the scenario.
Below, you’ll find ten formal and informal ways to say the most popular English greeting out there—hello.
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It’s essay writing season. For some students, writing essays comes easily. For others, it’s a struggle. If you find yourself in the second group, don’t worry. We’re going to give you a few pointers that’ll help you write a comprehensive, easy-to-follow essay.
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LanguageTool and ProWritingAid are intelligent writing assistants. They are tools that help refine your writing by detecting and correcting errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and more.
Are you stuck deciding between the two? Below, we’ll go over five strengths that LanguageTool has over ProWritingAid.
Regarding spelling and grammar errors, ProWritingAid does, in fact, detect the obvious errors. However, not only does LanguageTool detect more spelling and grammar errors, but it also suggests stylistic improvements. Take a look at the following example:
The types of mistakes LanguageTool detected that ProWritingAid did not include:
LanguageTool also provides style suggestions:
ProWritingAid also provides style suggestions, but one of them convolutes the sentence by suggesting to remove “that” in the following sentence:
According to its website, ProWritingAid processes and stores data (including what you write) on servers hosted in the United States. LanguageTool, on the other hand, only processes data for improving their corrections.
Additionally, although LanguageTool offers rule-based and artificial-intelligence-based checking, it’s also open source—meaning people from all over the world can contribute to LanguageTool, which allows rapid growth and development.
ProWritingAid only supports “General English” and some of its dialects including British English, US English, Australian English, and Canadian English. Not only does LanguageTool support these dialects, but it also supports New Zealand and South African English.
Moreover, LanguageTool is multilingual. It can detect spelling and grammar errors in over 25 languages including German, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Portuguese. ProWritingAid only checks for spelling and grammar errors in English.
Enhancing your writing is much more than just correcting errors. LanguageTool can take your writing to the next level by helping you rewrite sentences to better suit your audience. The rephrasing feature rewords your sentences to be more formal, fluent, concise, or simple. As of now, ProWritingAid offers no such feature.
LanguageTool’s interface is designed to provide distraction-free writing, whether you’re using the desktop or online editor. ProWritingAid’s editor has many icons and colors, which might make it difficult for some people to focus.
LanguageTool also provides more plug-ins and add-ons, which means more possibilities of seamless integration regardless of your favorite app or program.
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* Note: The LanguageTool add-on browser extensions work automatically with Google Docs.
If you’re looking for more thorough corrections and want to optimize your writing in more areas than one, we’d recommend using LanguageTool over ProWritingAid. Yes, ProWritingAid can correct basic errors in English. But LanguageTool goes above and beyond to help transform your writing from average to exceptional.
When deciding between the two, remember that:
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Imagine this: You get the results of your test. You’re excited to share the good news with your family. What do you tell them?
If you chose “B,” congratulations, you passed this quiz. But if you answered incorrectly, don’t feel bad. These words are commonly mixed up because they’re spelled similarly and pronounced almost identically. Below, we’re going to elaborate on the difference between passed and past.
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What do puppies, dinosaurs, giraffes, and donuts have in common?
They’re countable nouns—meaning they can be counted. Their counterparts are uncountable nouns, which, as you may have guessed, are nouns that cannot be counted: happiness, air, water, research, advice, etc.
There’s a bit more to the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, which we’ll examine thoroughly below.
You can also try LanguageTool’s Grammar Checker to make sure you’re using countable and uncountable nouns correctly in your writing.
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Figuring out which date format to use can be tricky. We’ll teach about the different date formats, and how to properly punctuate dates and years.
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