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Are you dangling your participles in public?
2008-06-11 15:10:56
Dangling participles can inject a little humour into writing, of that there is no doubt. However, this probably isn’t the intention of the writer. Dangling participles can appear funny simply because they radically change the sentence and its meaning. Dangling or hanging participles could be called this to show what the reader is left doing after reading! The dangling participle is part of a p


Spelling - Loose or Lose?
2008-06-14 13:57:31
It isn’t uncommon to see the words “lose” and “loose” mixed up. There are simple ways to remember which word to use in what circumstances. The word “lose” means that you have or you are about to fail, or you have misplaced something. Variations of the word “lose” can be lost, loser and losing. You really should lose the tank top! She is losing the race. Don’t you think i
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Word Play - Verbs and Their Uses
2008-06-21 08:40:48
In this next series we are going to look at verbs! This is unfortunately only a short post; a more lengthy and in depth explanation will follow with regards to verbs and their associations with grammar. So what is a verb? A verb is a “doing” word and the verb will usually express a certain action taking place. The teacher wrote on the blackboard – The word wrote is the verb and it comes
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