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Proofreading is a light correction of grammar and vocabulary, usually done right before your manuscript goes to print. If you send your...
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The Editor
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
Advice for Teenagers Who Want to Start a Business
Editor's note: Here, at Malta Thesis Proofreading, we love teaching young people new skills, and we are big fans of entrepreneurship, so...
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The Editor
- Sep 27, 2021
- 4 min
Five tips for staying motivated to write your thesis
A young lady recently wrote me an email to, not only thank me for my “above excellent” (her words, not mine) editing and proofreading,...
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The Editor
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome to the new website!
When I first started this website, I was not sure whether anyone would be interested and, therefore, how long it would last. I honestly...
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The Editor
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Fewer or less
Fewer cars were sold during the coronavirus crisis. The word 'less' has become so ubiquitous that one might think that the word 'fewer'...
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The Editor
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min
The journey from 'epi-' to 'pan-' (a Coronavirus special)
confusion about the meaning of the words 'epidemic' and 'pandemic'. Why did COVID-19 change from an epidemic into a pandemic?
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The Editor
- Mar 12, 2020
- 1 min
Programming your English (programme vs. program)
in British English, 'programme' is the preferred spelling, except in the case of computing.
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The Editor
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
Malta needs better weight-loss strategies
Compound modifiers are sets of two or more words that modify nouns. Compound modifiers act like adjectives and are hyphenated.
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The Editor
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
The WHO vs. HIV: Acronyms, initialisms and articles
In an article about the new coronavirus, I came across the sentence:
"WHO has praised the response of the Chinese government."
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The Editor
- Feb 14, 2020
- 4 min
Love words (a Saint Valentine's Day special)
How do you love words, you may ask. Well, like in any other loving relationship, you cannot express that love for one day a year only.
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The Editor
- Jan 14, 2020
- 1 min
Writing numbers in text
When you write the numbers from one to ten in the middle of your text, write them as words.
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The Editor
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
The Malta Apostrophe Protection Blog Post
Last week, it was reported that Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down its operations
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The Editor
- Dec 6, 2019
- 2 min
Welcome to Malta Thesis Proofreading, Editing and Reviewing Services
In this blog, I intend to write about the English language, with a special focus on how it is used (or, sadly, misused) in Malta.
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