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What Is — and Where Is — the Direct Object in a Sentence?
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What’s the best Christmas or Chanukah gift you’ve ever received? For me, it was Captain Power, Christmas 1987. Sure, the PowerJet…
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Commonly Confused Words: Eminent vs. Imminent vs. Immanent
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If you want to write a ghost story about an eminent astrologist with an immanent belief in an imminent asteroid strike, think again! Most people get…
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Commonly Confused Words: Led vs. Lead
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The question of whether to use led vs. lead is a conundrum that can trip up even experienced writers. The reason for the difficulty…
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What Is a Dependent Clause and How Is It Used?
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Without you, a dependent clause would be out there in the world, lost and alone. Sentences would lack much-needed descriptions,…
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Appositives: What Is an Appositive Phrase?
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When I taught English grammar to college freshmen, one of my favorite lessons was on the appositive and the appositive…
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What Is a Prepositional Phrase? An Explanation With Examples
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I like to imagine prepositions as little grammatical bridges; they are the structures that connect one element of a sentence…
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Commonly Confused Words: En Dash Vs. Em Dash
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I was thrilled beyond measure when I discovered the meaning behind the terms “em” and “en” while researching this article.…
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Commonly Confused Words: Through Vs. Thru Vs. Threw
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“Over the river and thru the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go….” Did you notice anything strange about that last sentence, besides…
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Commonly Confused Words: Homonym Vs. Homophone
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One of the first spelling lessons that was taught in grade school was to simply sound it out. It’s a…