That is what Linguix templates offer. Whether you are searching for the basis of a business document or business-related email, Linguix has the solution you need. All templates can be downloaded as Word documents or opened up directly in the Linguix editor, allowing you to avail of the full suite of Linguix writing tools such as grammar checker and writing analysis.

Here are just some of the templates you have access to:

Press Release: New Product

Your company has developed a new product and it’s now ready to go to market. Now what you need is a text designed as a fitting press release to announce to the world what it is that your product will offer.

The release must strike the right balance between marketing and fact. And it must be accurate in the description but not too heavy so as to turn off readers. Linguix offers the perfect press release template for your needs.

Bio (Professional In a Company)

You need a biography of an important employee in your organization. This may be required for your website, for a business proposal, or something else. Well, like a new product press release, this has been done before, many many times.

But what you need is swift access to a bio that you know hits the spot. It needs to be well written, well-structured and paint an accurate description of that individual. Once again, Linguix has the template you need. 

Blogs

In terms of content marketing strategies, the value of having a blog has been well documented. But as search engines have become more intelligent with their algorithms, so the importance of producing well-written, structured blog articles has become critical.

Linguix offers a number of blog-related templates, from producing a simple blog post to penning something a little more focused, such as a how-to article or a blog post containing an expert interview. In the latter the template provides the perfect format for clear questions and answers, ensuring that you get maximum returns from the content.

Business Emails

The email template section offers up a number of high-quality templates, including professional cold emails, designed to touch base with a new potential client or collaborator and set up a meeting at their leisure. Then there are templates for scheduling a meeting with a warm lead, and a tried-and-tested structure for following up: proven to add value to your email marketing and sales processes.

The great thing about these templates is that the English and content contained within has been framed by experts and bona fide business professionals to exemplify the perfect email for the occasion.

Additional Tools

Linguix is not just a templates tool. As a full, AI-powered writing assistant it can ensure your written content is free from errors and suited perfectly to your audience. 

Get access to synonyms in order to elevate your writing, and then take advantage of additional tools such as ‘snippets’ which allow you to allocate a shortcode to useful text and then enter it into your writing at the simple click of a button.

What is more, the Linguix extension for Chrome, Firefox or Edge can help you produce error-free content wherever you may write on the web, from social media platforms such as Twitter to collaborative work through Google Docs.  

Quite simply, Linguix takes the pain, and time, out of writing. And don’t forget the business-related writing templates too.

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There are spelling rules in English, but they are frequently broken. And irregular versions can be more common than their regular alternatives. It’s a bit of a nightmare for everybody. But that’s just the way it is, unfortunately.

The difficulty of English spelling is one of the main reasons why so much time is spent on spelling when kids are at school. Usually every week there is a spelling test to be had. And of course there are spelling bees – popular contests where kids compete to become spelling champions – all over the place, particularly in the United States.

So, what are the ten hardest words to spell in English? Well, no list can be definitive, but those included here are certainly among the most frustrating. And you’ll notice that some of these words are not even that complicated, but it doesn’t change the fact that people still regularly misspell them!

Their

It’s ‘e’ and then ‘I’ – so many people have problems remembering that combination. Fortunately, spellcheck services, such as the one offered by Linguix, can fix that mistake automatically for you. And it’s definitely not ‘there’, or ‘they’re’ – they are a totally different word.

Think of all the other words that have this combination of letters.

‘weird’

‘foreign’ (with the added pain of a silent ‘g’)

‘leisure’ (which is also pronounced completely differently in Britain, compared to the United States)

Believe it or not, there is an even a rhyme that is taught at school to help with spelling this combination. It goes like this:

‘’i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’.’

Except in ‘their’, ‘weird’, ‘foreign’, and ‘leisure’, of course!

At least the rhyme works in the word ‘receipt’! But then it’s got that ‘p’!

English, huh?!

Embarrassment

So how many ‘r’s and how many ‘s’s? It’s actually two of both, but you will see so many other combinations it would make you laugh, or cry!

Double letters always cause a problem when spelling in English. Speaking of which…

Misspell

How ironic that the word ‘misspell’ is so easy to misspell. Once again, it’s the double letters that cause the problem.

A little trick that helps here is remembering that the prefix is ‘mis’, and the word is spell. Add them together and of course you will have two ‘s’s. Hope that helps!

Calendar

Along with the ‘I + e’ combination, and double letters, knowing if a word should be spelled with an ‘a’ or an ‘e’ is a nightmare in English. Don’t think about the pronunciation, because that won’t help either.

Calendar is a typically example, because most people think that final ‘a’ should be an ‘e’. Because it sounds like one when you say the word. But it isn’t!

English, huh?!

Affect / effect

So many people get these words confused, mostly because we pronounce them the same way. However, ‘affect’ is the verb, and ‘effect’ is the noun. So…

“The budget of a movie seriously affects the quality of the special effects.”

That little sentence should help you remember the difference.

And why not use an online tool such as Linguix, which can give you the definition of the word with a simple click of the mouse. In that way, you’ll be sure to use the correct word in context.

Playwright

Shakespeare was a playwright, because he was a man who wrote plays. But shouldn’t that then mean that he was a play + write? Nope, because in old English, a ‘wright’ was a word which meant worker, so a cartwright was someone who built or fixed carts, for example.

Hence, playwright!

English, huh?!

Pronunciation

Another ironic word, because you may be able to pronounce it (notice the added ‘o’), but you won’t be able to spell the word pronunciation (wait, what happened to that ‘o’?)

Rhythm

When you get a word that doesn’t have any vowels, you have a real recipe for disaster. But where most people are okay with ‘gypsy’, the word ‘rhythm’ causes many more problems. There is no ‘e’!

Separate

We are back to our old friends ‘a’ and ‘e’ again. Remember ‘calendar’, well now meet ‘separate’! That middle vowel is an ‘a’, not an ‘e’. Don’t try saying the word again, it’s not going to help you!

Until / till

The formal word ‘until’ has only one ‘l’, but the shortened form ‘till’, which is also acceptable to use, has two ‘l’s.

‘Why?’

That is a question you never, ever ask about English spelling!

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Mistake #1. Comma in front of “that”

A tricky mistake many people (especially non-native) often make. The rule is that you can put commas before “which,” but not “that.” Let’s have a look at this simple example:

Bad: He’s got a beautiful house, that is located in a good neighborhood.

Good: He’s got a beautiful house, which is located in a good neighborhood.

Important: you can use both “that” and “which,” but you should avoid using commas if the word “that” is critical for your sentence.

Good: He’s got a beautiful house that is located in a good neighborhood.

Mistake #2. Comma splices

A comma splice is a mistake that makes your writing less confident. It arrives when you connect in one sentence two independent clauses and separate them by just a comma with no relevant conjunctions.

You can avoid comma splices in multiple ways:

• Separate your clauses into independent sentences.
• Interesting enough, but while using a comma is a mistake, using a semicolon is totally OK.
• Semicolon plus a transitional word (“however”/“moreover,” etc.) is an even more elegant solution.
• Probably the best thing to do is separating your clauses with coordinating conjunctions (“and”/“but”/etc.).
• Subordinating conjunctions like  “although,” “if,” or “since” are totally suitable here as well.

Bad: Jenna is very good at singing, she went to the music school when she was five.

Good: Jenna is very good at singing. She went to music school when she was five.

Mistake #3. “Or” instead of “nor” with “neither”

This mistake is quite tricky to spot and avoid. The standard rule is that if you have “neither” in your sentence, you should use “nor.”

Bad: I like neither burgers or ketchup

Good: I like neither burgers nor ketchup

Also, you can use “nor” if you’re describing more than two objects. However, in such case, you need to put “nor” after each item.

Good: I like neither burgers nor ketchup nor mustard.

Mistake #4. A missing comma after an introductory element

You should put a comma after an introductory word, phrase, or clause. Usually, the introductory word in the sentence is an adverb. Using a comma gives the reader a slight pause after the introduction, which makes it easier to understand the writing.

Bad: Meanwhile the boy went outside to play football.

Good: Meanwhile, the boy went outside to play football.

Mistake #5. Whether vs. If

In English, you use “whether” when you describe a situation where there are two or more alternatives, while ‘if’ is used to express a condition with no other options at all. Remember the difference, and you will always be correct when solving “whether/if” puzzle.

Good: I don’t know whether I will go on vacation this year. (Two possible scenarios: the person either will go on vacation or stay in the city).

Good: I will go on vacation if I get the bonus. (I.e., no vacation if no bonus received – the only possible scenario).

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Today we will describe seven common mistakes with preposition many English learners make and give practical advice on fixing them.

1. Arrive at vs. Arrive in vs Arrive to

When we are talking about coming somewhere like a city, country or another place, we should always use “arrive at.”

Examples:

Bad: When we arrived to the stadium, the game had already started.

Good: When we arrived at the stadium, the game had already started.

2. On/in with months and dates

For days and dates in English language you always use preposition on.

Example:

It’s my birthday on June 2nd.

However, if you are talking not about the specific date, but for example want to highlight the month when your birthday is, it will be correct to use the preposition in.

Examples:

Bad: My birthday is on July!

Good: My birthday is in July!

3. Depends on

Many non-native speakers make mistakes when using the word constructions “depends on.” When you need to describe dependency, you always should use the preposition on.

Examples:

Bad: It depends of when you’d like it to be done.

Good: It depends on when you’d like it to be done.

4. at night

People wake up in the morning, go shopping in the afternoon, meet their families in the evening, but things happen at night.

Examples:

Bad: Claire often goes out in the night.

Good:  Claire often goes out at night.

5. for + period of time

To describe periods of time the preposition for is usually used.

Examples:

Bad: I’ve been working for this company since three years.

Good: I’ve been working for this company for three years.

You can still use since to describe the specific time:

Examples:

I have lived in Boston since March.

We have not talked since our last meeting.

6. married to

If we want to describe someone’s marital status, it will be correct to say that one person is married to another.

Examples:

Bad: John is married with Katy.

Good: John is married to Katy.

Also, if people have plans to get married, the preposition to will be used:

My friend Peter is getting married to Jane next month.

However, you just marry someone:

Wendy is marrying her fitness coach.

7. Ask + preposition

Another tricky question for non-natives is whether to use preposition between “ask” and the mention of the person the verb is referring to.

Examples:

Bad: I asked to Tom to get this done.

Good: I asked Tom to get this done.

You see: “to” is used before the verb, not after “ask.”

Pro tip: use this free AI grammar check tool to fix your typos. Also, check this paraphrasing app to ask AI rewrite your sentences online.

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