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Noelle Rebain

There are quite a few words that seem similar in meaning in English but that we cannot use interchangeably. Two examples are the words “complement” and “supplement.” Let’s try to understand the difference. Complement means to add something different that makes another item or idea better or goes well with it. Think of it completing the …

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It’s important to distinguish between past and present tense in your writing so that your reader understands what is happening now versus what happened days, months, or moments before.  It can be tricky, though, to remember how to do so correctly with irregular verbs. The past tense of “run” is “ran.” In the English language, …

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The English language can be confusing. Some words might sound the same, while they are spelled differently, and some words are spelled the same and yet have different meanings. If you are confused about how to pluralize the word “family,” or whether or not you should add an apostrophe, you aren’t alone.   The word families …

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