EDITING and REVISION are two separate steps in the writing process. To properly proof your draft, you will use the REVISION site first, and then follow the REVISION with EDITING lessons from this site.
Much like toward and towards, the words advisor and adviser often pose some common conundrums: Do the two different, but correct, spellings of the same word convey subtly different meanings?
The apostrophe has two main jobs in English: to mark contractions and to indicate possession. While that may sound simple enough, many people are baffled by the little squiggle. The apostrophe is often misplaced or forgotten, and sometimes it shows up in words where it isn't needed at all.
Irregular verbs, also known as strong verbs, are considered irregular because they do not follow the usual rules of forming the past tense, such as adding -d, -ed, or -ied at the end. Using an irregular verb in past tense is unpredictable and must be memorized.
Spelling in English is a tricky business. That’s because many English words are NOT spelled as they are spoken and this difference between pronunciation and spelling causes a lot of confusion. Even native speakers can get tripped up. Here are the most common spelling problems in English.
