Hyphens
Hyphens are used to combine two words into one, as in compound adjectives. Example: Not hyphenating compound adjectives is an all-too-common error. Here the words “all,” “too,” and “common” are working together to modify the...
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The three prepositions used to talk about time are “at,” “on,” and “in.”Remember that things happen at 10:00 in the morning on Tuesday in June in 2013, for example.
Read MoreDo you just scatter commas around, randomly? Or are there rules for using them? Find out – quickly!
Read MoreSubject-verb agreement can be an issue in any sentence in English. Verbs need to be conjugated to their nouns, and this can become more complicated when grammatical subjects become longer and more complicated. Additionally, some nouns can cause confusion about whether they are singular or plural.
Read MoreKurt Vonnegut once wrote that writers should “not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” He might have been right. It seems...
Read MoreYou cannot link two independent clauses (which can stand on their own as sentences) with a comma. Fixing a splice is easy and these examples will show you the way.
Read MoreThese two tenses have some overlap in use, but a difference in emphasis. Present perfect focuses on what has been completed, while present perfect progressive emphasizes that the action has not yet been completed.
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