If you receive a text saying “wtw” and you either have no idea what it means or just don’t know how to respond, don’t worry, by the end of this handy guide you’ll be ready to type away a perfect answer. If you’re baffled by this three-letter bit of text lingo, you’re not alone. For …
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Writing can be either exciting or exacting depending on one’s patience and passion, hence not everyone’s cup of joe. That said, writing even a short, snappy five-paragraph essay can require a bit of time and attention – at least for those who are not used to it. Luckily enough, that’s what we’re dealing with today. …
Recruiters and employers looking for a qualified professional to fill an open position often used LinkedIn to identify potential candidates. To enhance your chances of receiving an invitation to interview, make sure that you are updating your LinkedIn profile regularly and that all your information is correct and well-presented. When you are contacted for an …
The academic interview process is notoriously long and complicated. While applying for a job in any sector involves research, drafting emails, waiting to hear back, and attending different interview rounds, academia takes the cake when it comes to having a drawn-out hiring process. Understanding how the academic hiring process works can help you figure out …
There are several known ways to talk and write about time. We can use seconds, minutes, hours, and even days to measure time. When we work locally, we barely need to think about time zone differences. At other times, though, we need to be extra cautious with time differences because our colleagues live in other …
While we can mostly recognize nouns, verbs, and adjectives with ease, we may not exactly know that their crossbreed forms exist – gerunds and participles. This goes to show that while speaking and writing in English is pretty simple for the most part, understanding its grammatical system is a different ball game. But, worry no …
Knowing when and where to place commas is not an easy thing to do; it requires stylistic and grammatical knowledge. This is particularly true with the word “whenever.” Being an adverb and a conjunction at the same time, “whenever” is also naturally a tricky word to use, especially among many non-natives. So today, we cover …
Human curiosity has come to a point where people ask specific questions like “When do we need to place a comma before ‘which’ in the UK?” What this question actually means is whether there is any significant difference between how British and American English users use their commas. Whether to use a comma or not …
Of all people in this world, you know yourself best. Nevertheless, writing an essay about yourself is not, and will never be, a walk in the park. While it is a bit grueling, knowing how to write an essay about yourself effectively can be your ticket to Mars – or more precisely, to your dream …