Did you know that there was no key on the standard manual typewriter that could make an exclamation point before the 1970s?
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Fun with Misplaced Modifiers
In the English language, words are generally understood to go with the words that are near them. Putting words in other places in a sentence often makes the sentence unclear — or even silly. The problem is generally with misplaced or dangling modifiers. These modifiers are generally prepositional phrases or participial phrases. Misplaced phrases are […]
Those Pesky Pronouns: Best of the Grammar Diva
Pronouns are one of the eight parts of speech. They are used to stand in for a noun (or another pronoun), and they probably cause more trouble than any other part of speech. There are six varieties of pronouns.
New World, New Vocabulary
Will things ever be the same again? TV shows are broadcasting from cast’s homes. We are homeschooling. The unemployment rate is sky high. Many of us are at home.
Whatcha Doin’ At Home?
Every day at about 5 p.m. I ask the same question: Where did the day go?
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