Learning English English Mistakes: The 10 Words Native Speakers Misuse Most If you’re like most of our TextRanch customers, English isn’t your first language and you probably worry about using words…
Email Writing Polite? Rude? Professional? Friendly? What Your Email Tone Says About You Think about the last business email you wrote. Maybe you had some important updates to share with a colleague, client,…
Email Writing Are Your Emails Too Polite? How to Find the Right Tone When you’re writing a professional email, of course you want to sound polite. Even if you’re writing to complain about…
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Artificial Intelligence How AI Hallucinations Happen and How to Spot Them Hello, TextRanch blog readers! This is Jennifer. If you’ve been a regular TextRanch customer at any time from 2017 onward,…
Academic Writing Back-to-School Guide: Teaching in English When It’s Not Your First Language Noor has been teaching political science at an English-speaking university for nearly two decades. Although she isn’t a native speaker,…
Academic Writing 5 Common English Mistakes Students Make When Writing Essays and How to Fix Them This is my final year at the university, but writing essays still makes me nervous! What kinds of mistakes should…
Academic Writing What Is the Difference Between Casual and Academic English? A new school year is about to start in many parts of the northern hemisphere (although academic calendars vary widely)….
Writing IELTS vs. TOEFL: Full Comparison for Study Abroad and Immigration I’m in secondary school and I think I’d like to study abroad, especially in the UK or Ireland. I know…
Global English Global English vs. Plain English: What Professionals Need to Know I have heard the terms “Global English” and “Plain English”. I understand they both mean you should use simpler language…
