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The Correct Use Of Lay/Lie

by R. Richard on Sep 1, 2017
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The words Lay and Lie are verbs that are often used incorrectly. One of the reasons is that there are two Lay verbs. One is the base form of the verb Lay, and the other is the past tense of the verb Lie. Lay is a transitive verb meaning 'to put or place.' Someone lays something down. (Note: Lay is also a widely recognized slang verb or noun involved wit...

English 101: Parts of Speech

by lindiana on Sep 19, 2017
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English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English. * * * * * In the English language, there are eight parts of speech: The Noun The noun is a word that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea. Nouns are classified as one of three types: proper/common, abstract/concrete or collective....

US English 101: The Phrase

by lindiana on Sep 13, 2017
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US English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English. * When putting a sentence together, words act not only individually but as a group. The grouped words can work together in a variety of ways but the way we will be concentrating on in this chapter is the phrase. We touched upon the verb ph...

The Correct Use of Buy/By/Bye

by R. Richard on Sep 1, 2017
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Buy may be used as a transitive verb. Bought, buying, buys Buy may mean to acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent, to purchase. "They were able to Buy supplies at a good price." Buy may mean to be capable of purchasing. "Money will not Buy some of the better things in life." Buy may mean to acquire by exchange, trade or sacrifice. "The Israelis w...

"Encyclopedia Erotica."

by RicoLouis on Feb 8, 2017
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The following is a guide to help writers like myself to improve and expanded our vocabularies or just find the right word when we get stumped or want to find out general information on sexual topics. Comments and collaborations are welcome. I will be expanding and moving things around as it grows. I am reorganizing things and trying to put things in proper a...

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Parts of Speech Pt. 01

by velvetpie on Sep 17, 2017
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VELVET'S LAWS OF WRITING PART 01: NOUNS AND VERBS By VelvetPie Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. --William Strunk, Jr. For anyone trying to learn the...

US English 101: Parts of a Sentence

by lindiana on Sep 13, 2017
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English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English. * You can use two terms, subject and predicate, to describe most sentences. However, there are other names and functions of important sentence elements at your disposal. We will review those elements. Subject and Predicate A sentence consis...

A Crash Course in Grammar

by KillerMuffin on Sep 12, 2017
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"I can't write." I see and hear that a lot from the widest variety of people. They don't like it or they "can't" do it. College students are the worst. After public speaking, expository writing has got to be the most hated class. There's a simple reason why. Once something has been written down someone else comes along and puts red marks all over the p...

It's How They Say It

by pacifist91w on Sep 11, 2017
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Author's disclaimer: I consider myself an amateur. Except for the rare times I'm told to write something for work, I am an unpaid author/poet/scriptwriter. What follow are my suggestions for fellow writers who feel their conversations could use some spice. Author's warning: Vulgar language and explicit lesbian sex within! -*-*- This guide is my attempt to...

Grammatical Erotica Pt. 01-02

by Sappholovers on Sep 12, 2017
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Grammatical Erotica, Part I. Styles for writing erotica should vary just as our lovemaking should vary. There should many times and places for hot, quick, fast, intense sex: Take me hard in the morning, half-asleep, balls squeezed, lips on cock, your pussy moist from your own pleasuring, then mount me quick, and fuck me fast and furious, Hendrix riffing...