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Get to the point! 29 Nov 2011 | 04:01 am

Tweet You walk into a dusty old store. Thousands of items are piled high on shelves and tables. There aren’t any signs. You see a kettle next to a hairbrush, and a pair of gloves draped over an alarm...

What the well-dressed elephant is wearing 29 Nov 2011 | 03:38 am

Tweet When you write, avoid the misplaced modifier. This is when you try to say something about one thing, and end up modifying something else. Don’t let your participles dangle Look at the sentenc...

Using quotations 29 Nov 2011 | 03:31 am

Tweet The humble quotation mark seems so simple, but it’s easy to use it incorrectly. Here are some rules that will help you avoid mistakes. Direct quotes Surround direct quotes with double quotati...

What’s the difference between i.e. and e.g.? 29 Nov 2011 | 03:22 am

Tweet Many people use i.e. and e.g. interchangeably, but they’re not the same. Here’s the right way to use each of them. Id est i.e. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase id est, which means that ...

Similes and metaphors 28 Nov 2011 | 11:22 pm

Tweet Similes and metaphors are the most common methods of comparing something to something else. When you use a simile or metaphor, you imply that one thing has the characteristics of another one, b...

Colons and semi-colons 28 Nov 2011 | 11:11 pm

Tweet Although they look similar and have similar names, colons and semi-colons perform very different functions. People who are uncertain of their punctuation often confuse the two, or use them inap...

“Much” or “many”? 28 Nov 2011 | 10:56 pm

Tweet When you want to describe the quantity of something, you may wonder whether to use much or many, little or few or some or any. The secret is to ask yourself whether the noun whose quantity you ...

“Are” or “is”? Subject/verb agreement 28 Nov 2011 | 10:49 pm

Tweet When you are writing a sentence, the person of the verb must match the subject of the sentence. This is known as subject/verb agreement, and in most cases it is fairly straightforward. The sim...

Feel positive about using appositives 26 Nov 2011 | 07:01 am

Tweet Mr. Torrance, the English teacher, drove an old, beaten-up Cadillac with huge tail fins. Perhaps he did, and perhaps he didn’t, but the sentence above provides a perfect illustration of an app...

What a difference a letter makes! 26 Nov 2011 | 06:56 am

Tweet In English, changing a single letter in a word can completely change its meaning, but sometimes the result is more subtle. Here are some pairs of words which are often confused, along with the ...

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