Get a Good Laugh With Misplaced Modifiers
Did your mom ever call out the entire list of your siblings’ or pets’ names before getting to yours? I…
Amber Morris
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How To Fix an Unclear Antecedent
Just like a bad stand-in can ruin a scene in a blockbuster film, an unclear antecedent can ruin a sentence.…
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Gaining Perspective: What Is 2nd-Person Point of View?
Choosing a point of view before writing is as important as coming up with a storyline. The perspective you take…
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27 Funny Words To Say in English
The English language is pretty much weirder than every other language. It has a myriad of funny words to say…
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Commonly Confused Words: Adverse vs. Averse
Although I got my undergraduate degree in English education, I am often averse to openly correcting people’s grammar. In the…
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Subject/Verb Disagreement No More!
I cringe every time my two-year-old son brings me a toy proclaiming that “it don’t work,” not only because he…
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Commonly Confused Words: Accept vs. Except
The articles I’ve written so far about commonly confused words have been really easy, except this one. I guess I’ll just have to accept that I’m…
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How To Properly Use a Semicolon
Why did the semicolon break up with the period? Because they had nothing in comma. If there is any post…
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All You Need To Know About Essential Clauses and Nonessential Clauses
Clauses are often called the building blocks of sentences, and like most building materials, they aren’t all created equal. Some…
