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In film reviews/essays about a book or film, does the title of the movie/book always have to be highlighted/put in italics?
In film reviews/essays about a book or film, does the title of the movie/book always have to be highlighted/put in italics?
I know that at the start you have to put the title in italics, e.g.:
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inversion with not only [closed]
Which one sounds better in formal essay:
"Not only do I (do something) , but I also yyy"
"Being not only focused on something, I also do something else"
Any other suggestions ?
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A better, more academic way of saying 'whether or not'
This is my sentence, and I was hoping to make it sound more academic:
The aim is to ascertain whether or not the actors from the two films analysed can be considered to be heroes
Is there a ...
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Analyzing rhetorical strategies used [closed]
This essay question prompts:
Read the letter carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies Lewes uses to establish her position about the development of a writer. ...
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Is this flowery writing or bad grammar? [closed]
Philosophy is loving wisdom. This perhaps is the vaguest the definition would ever become, because interpreting such endeavor demands the absence of etymology, for the terms shall not show its ...
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Doctor Jekyll (Ph.D.), I presume
I am writing an analysis paper (not related to title), an need to introduce someone with a doctorate in English. Do I write "Doctor [name]" or do I use suffix?
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How can someone become fluent and improve their writing skills? [closed]
How can someone become fluent and improve their writing skills? I've been learning English for many years and I still face many problems especially at writing(academic writing and writing in general) ...
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Use of 'pagan' in an essay: is it acceptable or not?
I'm writing an essay right now and I'm deliberating whether or not I should use Pagan gods instead of Greek gods (to provide variation in the essay). I've looked up the word pagan in the dictionary ...
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How to write an essay using known grammar rules [closed]
I am wondering are there any grammar rules just designed for an essay ?
As a non-native English speaker I have been making number of grammar mistakes in all the research essays or reports.
And also ...
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Am I using “namesake” correctly?
I am writing an essay about (among other things) Gutenberg's printing press and Project Gutenberg. I want to say something along the lines of "Gutenberg's press was so popular that current things are ...
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Avoiding the use of “the reader”?
I'm writing a response essay to Medieval Women's Visionary writings that possess power. In this essay I'm supposed to explain how two writers, that I've picked to write about, possess or don't possess ...
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How to quote from a book which is a collection of stories by various authors?
I need to quote a sentence from a book which is a collection of stories of various authors. So usually when quoting a book I would put something like "lalalalala"(John Doe p.101) Now I am not sure if ...
