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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 62, then please read on… Using the words precede and proceed There is quite a distinct difference between these two words. Precede means ‘go before’ and proceed … 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 61, then please read on… Verbs and their forms The Pocket Writer’s Handbook by Martin Manser and Stephen Curtis states that “most English verbs have four or … Continue reading
For 60 days I have consistently blogged, a further 305 to go – I hope you choose stay with me! 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 60, then please read on… Do you end … 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 59, then please read on… Yesterday in note 58, I talked about past participles which have different rules for regular and irregular verbs. Present participles don’t appear … 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 58, then please read on… Past participles According to John Seely in his book the Oxford A-Z of Grammar & Punctuation, the past participle is just one … 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 57, then please read on… REGULAR VERBS The Pocket Writer’s Handbook explains that verbs are called regular if they conform to the regular pattern i.e. “it’s past … 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 56, then please read on… What do active and passive voices mean? Bernard C Lamb in his book The Queen’s English, explains that in the active voice … 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 55, then please read on… Tips for cutting your work I’ve just read a 453 word article by Gordon Wells (Writing Magazine, January 2009) called ‘Cut, cut … 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 54, then please read on… Is there a difference between the words disinterested and uninterested? There is a distinct difference between these two words. In this blog, I have included some definitions that I … 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 53, then please read on… Punctuation with quotation marks As mentioned yesterday, when deciding where to put the punctuation marks when using quotation marks, I found that the rules … Continue reading
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