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Say What?: Verbs of Attribution

It’s always important to give proper credit by citing your sources. Generally, in academic writing you will be following the author and date format inside parentheses. Yet you may have already introduced the source, and want to refer to… Continue reading

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LAYING OUT OR LYING OUT?

Grab your sunscreen, your books, your blanket–and the correct lie/lay verb and catch some rays on the Hub Lawn.But what is correct? Should you say, “I’m going to lay out in the sun,” or “I’m laying out”?Or should you say,… Continue reading

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