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For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 30, then please read on… Interrupting subject and verb (or the flow of the main clause) According to William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White in The Elements of Style, “the … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 29, then please read on… ‘Order’ in a sentence According to Bernard C Lamb in his book The Queen’s English, the most popular way of ordering your sentences … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 28, then please read on… Capital Letters Today I am going to blog about the use of capital letters. They are used for many reasons including making things easier … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 27, then please read on… Italics (or cursive script) Italics are used for emphasis or to make things distinct from the descriptive text (as in this sentence). Some writers also choose bold or … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 26, then please read on… When to use licence and license The Pocket Writer’s Handbook by Martin Manser & Stephen Curtis (Penguin Reference Library), explains quite simply that in … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 25, then please read on… Split infinitives To recap on yesterday’s blog, ‘Note 24 – The infinitive of verbs’, I explained that the infinitive is not only written … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 24, then please read on… The infinitive Having travelled to London for my course again today, I had longer on the train so was able to read up … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 23, then please read on… When to use practice and practise The Pocket Writer’s Handbook by Martin Manser & Stephen Curtis (Penguin Reference Library), explains quite simply that in … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 22, then please read on… Which is the right spelling – program or programme? The Pocket Writer’s Handbook by Martin Manser & Stephen Curtis (Penguin Reference Library), explains that … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 21, then please read on… Definitions of these two groups of nouns A concrete noun is a person, place or thing and according John Seely in Oxford A-Z of … Continue reading
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