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lindiana
on Sep 19, 2017
How To
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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....
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velvetpie
on Sep 17, 2017
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PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun and there are eight types: personal, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, reflexive, intensive, reciprocal and indefinite.
Personal pronouns refer to people or things. Examples are I, she, he, their and ours. They are going to the opera. Her hair color is horrible.
A relative pronoun is usuall...
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R. Richard
on Sep 17, 2017
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There/Their/Theirs/They're/There's
The words There, Their and They're are homophones. Homophones are words that are spelled differently, but sound the same. The following analysis shows a writer how to use the homophones. The related words Theirs and There's are also included in the analysis.
The misuse of homophones is one of the most frequently seen erro...
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R. Richard
on Sep 17, 2017
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Your is an adjective. Your is the possessive form of the pronoun you.
Your may be used as a modifier before a noun: "Put on Your jacket." "You may list Your accomplishments."
Your may be used to indicate something that belongs to a person/one/thing. "Your best chance here is to punt." "The best view is on Your right." "All right, Rover, this is Your doghou...
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by
estragon
on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays
Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Hamlet, Act 2, Scene II
Words are my element, as water is to a fish, or air to a bird. Words are what I work with, by day as a lawyer, by night as a copy editor. Words have been in my mind since before I can remember. And they fill my brain like a rush-hour bus, with barely standing room be...
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R. Richard
on Sep 17, 2017
How To
Its is an adjective and the possessive form of the pronoun it.
It's is a contraction (for it is or it has), that must always have an apostrophe.
Its is used as adjective. "The cat chased Its tail." [The cat chased the tail belonging to the cat.] "The bank closed Its doors." [The bank closed the doors belonging to the bank.] The adjective Its never means 'i...
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Dreams of Desire
on Sep 1, 2017
How To
Yes, I know its knott spellt that weigh, but sum people seem sew con-fused about simple gramma that I decided to post this humble guide and save them – and myself – some time in future.
The Comma
Comma usage is in some respects a question of personal writing style: some writers use commas liberally, while others prefer to use them sparingly. For instance...
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lindiana
on Sep 13, 2017
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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...
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lindiana
on Sep 13, 2017
How To
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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...
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Everettcb
on Sep 16, 2017
Letters & Transcripts
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Just whom in the heck do you think, you are?
Look at this,
Its not a matter of the have verse's the have not's.
It's simply the matter of those who have everything and everyone else.
Just who do you really think you are?
You consume & you attempt to justify.
You believe in your false reasoning of free will of direction by relativ...
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