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| Really Easy Grammar – No. 39: Their His Pronoun Troubles |
February 04, 2007 |
| Everyone should be sure of the rules when they use an indefinite pronoun, or is it when “he” uses an indefinite pronoun. Find out in this article. |
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| Really Easy Grammar – No. 35: Whom Do You Think Who Is? |
December 12, 2006 |
| When to use who and when to use whom is probably one of the most confusing grammar problems around. The correct use may surprise you. |
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| Words Used Well - No. 4: I Never Said That |
November 30, 2006 |
| Writers like to quote the classics and the famous. Often, though, through misinformation or poor research, they end up misquoting—and sometimes misinf ... |
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| Really Good Word Usage – No. 20: Shall I or Will I? |
October 21, 2006 |
| When do we use shall instead of will or will instead of shall? The short answer to the question is that, to an overwhelming extent, in American Englis ... |
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| Really Easy Grammar – No. 37: Pronouns Used to Sound Right |
August 25, 2006 |
| Her and she, him and he, me and I? What’s a body to do about using the correct word without needing to memorize a lot of grammar rules about pronouns ... |
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| Well-Used Words – No. 6: Must Good Usage Beg The Question? |
August 25, 2006 |
| Meanings change. But is that a good thing or not? How do we know when to stick to the old or embrace the new? This article talks about one case of cha ... |
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| Well-Used Words – No. 21: Do You Speak British or American? |
August 25, 2006 |
| You may think that you and your associates in the UK are speaking the same language. True, it's all English, except that yours is in American English ... |
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| Really Good Word Usage – No. 22: New Words at Work |
August 25, 2006 |
| The “in” words and phrases used in business change fast and often. If you don’t want to be considered “out of the loop,” you have to know how and when ... |
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| Homograph, Homonym, or Homophone? |
August 21, 2006 |
| The rules say that no two words have exactly the same definition. Yeah, right. Try looking up homonym or homophone. This article may be a small step t ... |
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| Why To Calmly Split an Infinitive |
August 21, 2006 |
| Where did all the grammar rules come from? Which rules do you follow and which can you break? Which is worse, split infinitives or split ends? This ar ... |
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| Here’s a Preposition Proposition |
August 21, 2006 |
| Should you ever use a preposition to end a sentence with? What’s the rule of grammar? Discover where the rule came from and when you can ignore it. |
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| Words Used Right – No. 5: An Accurate Quote Can Be a Misquote |
August 17, 2006 |
| Quoting famous writers out of context is a lot like stealing. The words may be what they wrote, but is the meaning what they intended? |
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| Really Good Word Usage – No. 23: Writing Isn’t Talking Unless You’re Writing Talking |
August 17, 2006 |
| A written word and a spoken word may be the same word, but you can’t always write the way you speak if you want to be considered a serious writer. |
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| Really Simple Grammar – No. 35: Don’t Let Your Participles Dangle |
August 17, 2006 |
| Being told you've got a dangling participle can be embarrassing, but with the right rule of grammar, it can be easily made right. |
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