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velvetpie
on Sep 17, 2017
How To
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
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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lindiana
on Sep 13, 2017
How To
US English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English.
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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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R. Richard
on Sep 17, 2017
How To
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
How To
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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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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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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xCalaban
on Sep 16, 2017
Erotic Horror
Terry was a genuine beauty. One of those women whose perfectly formed body would attract the gaze of men and the admiration of women regardless of what she chose to adorn it with, and Terry was very, very good at adorning herself in a manner that accentuated her many charms. It was therefore inevitable that, sooner or later, Terry would attract the attention...
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velvetpie
on Sep 17, 2017
How To
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...
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charmscale
on Jul 25, 2018
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
I entered the kitchen in silence, my body wrapped in a large brown towel. Another towel kept my hair from dripping everywhere. I walked past Alpha, Shark, and the newly awoken Jazz with a nod, and bent over to open the freezer drawer. After selecting a meal, fettuccine with dairy free alfredo, I popped it in the microwave and started it heating. Then I pulle...
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