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Dangling participles

April 25, 2014 -

Adjectives and verbs ending in –ing are called present participles. They must be used carefully. Consider the following sentences: Standing at the gate, a scorpion… Continue reading

Using the word advice

February 11, 2014 -

The word advice is an uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns do not have plural forms. They cannot be used with the articles a/an. He gave me… Continue reading

Punctuation marks with independent clauses

January 23, 2014 -

Independent clauses can be separated (or connected) in a variety of ways. Full stop When both clauses are of equal importance and can stand on… Continue reading

Incomplete sentences

December 25, 2013 -

Sentence fragments are a common mistake. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. It could be a prepositional phrase. Or it could be a dependent… Continue reading

Infinitives after auxiliaries

September 16, 2013 -

The infinitive is always used without to after the auxiliaries can, could, may, might, must, will, would, shall, should, do, does and did. She can… Continue reading