Tag: writing
group name: usetherightwords
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September 18, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
I have this grammar confusion I hope people can help me.
When I learned the "IF" sentences in school, I was taught that we must use "were", even when the subject is "I", . . .
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November 19, 2006 09:52 AM EST --
Alliteration
Alliteration is the name for repeating sounds in words.The repeated sound is usually at the beginning of words.
examples
She sells sea shells on the sea shore
Peter Piper picked a peck . . .
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March 03, 2007 09:29 AM EST --
Okay folks, I'd like to add one on the difference between "its" and "it's." Too often I see it with the apostrophe when it shouldn't be. So a quick rule of thumb...
IF . . .
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November 30, 2006 08:31 AM EST --
I have become the classic gatherholic as so many of us have. After weeks of Scott going through a variety of facial expressions from confusion to reprimand he has accepted the fact that there is . . .
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May 09, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
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This week, we're looking at another common confusion: the word peruse . Alex from Los Angeles, California writes . . .
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May 01, 2008 03:56 PM EDT --
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This week, we're trying to take the confusion out of the words further and farther . Mary Jo from Antigo, . . .
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April 03, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Our subject today is a pair of rather confusing words: uninterested and disinterested .
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English , the word uninterested means simply, "not . . .
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April 10, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
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"I feel bad ."
"I feel badly ."
Which is correct?
Today we discuss this common pitfall when writing . . .
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April 17, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
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Jeff Deck wanted to make a difference.
When the 2002 graduate of Dartmouth College attended his five-year reunion, he mingled with . . .
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June 19, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
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No other part of speech causes as much confusion-and demonstrates . . .
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September 18, 2006 01:26 PM EDT --
Most of us are often confused about when to use an apostrophe (') and sometimes insert them when they are not needed.
Lets try to learn when and where to use apostrophe
When two words are run together . . .
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December 24, 2006 10:46 AM EST --
This is a very slightly altered version of a piece I posted yesterday called Serious vs. Amateur. You can check the comments there to see why I made these few changes, but mainly it was because some . . .
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November 08, 2007 05:18 PM EST --
This week's Grammar Grater is written by Grammar Grater's Cory Busse.
There has been no shortage of political debates recently. During the debates, one hears candidates . . .
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October 01, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
An Open Letter to People Who Think Grammar and Spelling are not Important
Disclaimer: What follows is my opinion. It's based on nothing more than my own experiences.
Don't . . .
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August 30, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Have you ever gone to the supermarket and been lured into the express checkout aisle because you have Twelve Items or Less? Strictly speaking, it turns out that sign confuses less with fewer.
The words . . .
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March 27, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
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Today we're going to dig into the definitions and etymologies of two words that often get confused and used interchangeably: upside . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:15 PM EST --
In the past few weeks, Grammar Grater received a couple of messages from listeners about the use of the words bring and take . There actually is a grammatical difference between these words, but it's . . .
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March 07, 2008 09:49 AM EST --
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Daylight saving time has certainly received its share of attention, given last year's date change in North America and the resulting . . .
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July 10, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
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Catherine from Edina, Minnesota, sent this message to us:
"Please address the word preventive . . .
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May 03, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
As my daughters and I drove to their babysitter's house my 7 year old set forth on a writing lesson for me.
"Mom, that author lady came to our school and told us that when she was a little . . .
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