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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 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
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 20, then please read on… Using dashes in writing If you read yesterday’s blog, you will know that (according to The Elements of Style by Strunk and White) … 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 19, then please read on… Using dashes According to The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, “a dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, … 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 18, then please read on… Passed and Past The words passed and past sometimes cause confusion. The Little Red Writing Book by Brandon Royal explains that passed is … 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 17, then please read on… I read earlier today about the difference between saying ‘into’ and ‘in’ (and the same for ‘onto’ and ‘on’). In his book The Queen’s English, Bernard C. … 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 16, then please read on… You may have noticed that there hasn’t been a part 2 to Note 13 Inverted Commas (part1) where I blogged about when to … Continue reading
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