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Tips on buying stationery and prevent smudging drawing sheets

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Tips on buying stationery and prevent smudging drawing sheets

Think before buying your stationery

Students, artists , professionals and stationery lovers would like to pay attention to this. Students from architecture and design field spend more on stationery than anything else during their course. So before buying them you can check some minor details which will help you choose better.

Graphite lead pencils should be checked by looking at them from vertically upwards. The placement of the lead should be in the center. This prevents the pencil lead from breaking off easily while writing. Another very important aspect of a lead pencil is that it should be made up of uniform colored and textured wood. The same can be observed by looking at its base.

Rulers are another integral part of the lot. The edges of the ruler should be smooth. The plastic ruler should be used for construction and its calibrations could be checked of being at uniform intervals.

Clutch pencils are generally not used for drawing because line-weight cannot be emphasized using it. They are preferred for markings.

A paper cutter would be a better bargain instead of a sharpener as it helps prevent unnecessary loss of the pencil wood.  In case of using a paper cutter, the tip can be sharpened without losing too much wooden part.

How to prevent smudging your drawing sheets?

  • Often while drawing the sheets are smudged and are definitely not presentable that way. There are certain precautions which can be helpful   ; while sketching a sheet of paper should be kept beneath the working hand. This keeps the working area clean. Another technique can be of use. While using a plastic ruler a cello tape strip can be pasted on the rear side of the ruler. This prevents smudging while dragging it.
  • Little things do affect the neatness of your sheets. The rough side of the sheet should be used and brittle pencils should be avoided. While writing with the pencil you should keep rotating it so that the tip remains sharp for long, and thickness of lines are even; hence avoiding use of erasers.
  • Avoid eating and drawing simultaneously
  • Keep your pencils separately, not with other instruments.
  • Clean instruments before starting to work with them.
  • Use non dust erasers.

Creative, Business, Online Essay Writing Tips for Beginners

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Creative, Business, Online Essay Writing Tips for Beginners

How to write better?

  • Don’t delve into complexities; simpler words are more user friendly because not everybody’s putting as much efforts as you are in learning them.
  • Try not using adjectives unless you have just started creative writing skills in school, instead try using metaphors or phrases.
  • Grammar which is not paid attention to by many (not all) in the new generation, must not be avoided, at least the basics. It’s good to know why you write a certain way and what would you do in similar situations. Knowledge of grammar is like your own set of tools which can be borrowed but it’s better to own your own set.
  • You must be aware of basic terminologies to know their significance. Like a clause is a sentence with a subject and a predicate and a sentence is constituted of a clause at times one or two. You should know what a subject and a predicate is. A subject is a noun or a noun substitute which is being talked about and the predicate is that what is spoken about the subject.
  • Certain verbs should be used carefully like is, seem, will be, has been etc. they are known as linking verbs. They unlike showing an action show a state of being, a certain verb can be and cannot be a linking verb as per its usage. For e.g. The plant grew in size and His popularity grew.
  • Combining clauses pose a serious problem among writers, avoid long sentences and use proper punctuations. Errors in joining clauses are called run-on and comma splice. They occur when a sentence consists of two independent clauses which have not been connected. For e.g. He played she sang, it consists of two independent clauses viz. he played and she sang but they have to be connected to form a sentence. The clauses can be joined like He played while she sang. This is a simple example but it does help enhancing the credibility of your command over the language.
  • While writing quote certain authors and site some phrases, this adds weight age to your piece. Mention the source to avoid plagiarism.

What is the difference between practice and practise?

The difference is all in the grammar practice is noun for e.g. Law is a practice whereas practise is a verb where you are executing a task of practising something. The same trend is followed in exercise and exercise, and licence and license. Now how can this mild difference be kept in mind. Like always a mnemonic is the solution or I shall say it only CaN SaVe you .Where you have a C is a noun and words which have a S is a verb.

What is the right spelling stationary or stationery?

Some spellings are doomed to let us commit mistakes. This is definitely one of those, with all due respect to our ignorant souls both these spellings are right. Stationary is for objects that do not move and are positioned at a place, whereas stationery is the shop which sells paper, pencils, drawing instruments and well stationery items. Now how can this be remembered. Stationary with an ‘a’ is for a standing body with a prominent ‘a’ and thus it is for fixed bodies and stationery with an ‘e’ is where you find a cutter with an ‘e’.