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Sometimes you should avoid long, fancy verbs. Examples.
As we’ve noted before, dashes and colons can cause problems if used carelessly. And a profusion of such punctuation may suggest that a sentence is overstuffed or undercooked.
Last week, I wrote about the coordinating conjunction and how it functions in a sentence, so it’s only natural that I now discuss its olde[..]
All languages have their own oddities and eccentricities. Here are just a few to admire which are found in English.
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Know about the most common writing errors or mistakes that most of the blog writers make and get ready to avoid them so that you can become a better writer or blog writer.
Taxi, cab, black cab, yellow cab, gypsy cab, hack - how many different words are there for that vehicle for hire? We decided to find out. One hundred and
Here’s a note sent to all Globe editors about some common grammar errors. Do you know the correct use of these words?
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MIT engineers have created a robot device that can transform into almost any shape its programmed to.
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In 2011, the publisher of my book Enchantment could not fill an order for 500 e-book copies. Because of this experience, I self-published my next book, What the Plus!
Here's a quick primer on the omnipresent punctuation mark's functions, its misuses, and how to know when (and when not) to insert them.
The word antecedent is a fancy name for a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, gender, and person.
Most misspellings can be categorized in one of seven groups. Here are some examples for each of those types.
Are you punctilious about punctuation, or do you regard it as a hassle or a minefield? Many people, including no doubt the person who posted the example be
Are your to-do lists filled with nouns or verbs? Here's how to work smarter.
The verb do is used to make questions and negatives in the simple present tense. Do is also a general purpose verb. In this case, it can refer to any kind of
Little kids make such cute mistakes when they talk. We know they're still learning the language, so we tolerate their errors and chuckle at how funny they sound.
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