Are You in a Dilemma or a Predicament?
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Are You Appositive about This?
Appositives are grammatical elements that may be restrictive or nonrestrictive in a sentence. Not positive you know what an appositive…
Understanding the Subsequent Consequences
Actions have consequences. How often have you heard that? But is it of any consequence if you use consequently and…
Do You Connote What I’m Denoting?
Where do you look to find the meaning of a word? A dictionary, of course. There you will find all…
Incisive, Decisive, Concise, and Precise
Here are some adjectives that might befuddle you. Often writers interchange the words precise and concise, but there is a…
Getting Possessive with Gerunds
Let’s talk about the use of possessive pronouns with a gerund (word ending in ing). It sounds more complicated and…
Cumulative versus Accumulative
My friend, who works on a college campus, cringes when students talk about cramming for their accumulative exams. It’s not…
More Messy Plurals
Creating plurals would be a snap if it were always as simple as adding s or es to a noun….
Using Hyphens to Avoid Confusion
If I called you a short story editor, would I be remarking on your height? I would be, if I…
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