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I’ve never really stopped to analyse what the words it and there mean at the start of a sentence. Today I learnt that they are dummy subjects giving no information about the sentence. The Oxford A-Z of Grammar & Punctuation by John Seely explains that it and there “simply serve to start the sentence off”. Examples: It was raining on … 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 51, then please read on… Agreement in number between compound subjects and the verb Yesterday I talked a little bit about compound subjects and the agreement 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 50, then please read on… Agreement in number between subject and verb Bernard C Lamb in his book The Queen’s English says that “the words that come … 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 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
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