- Spelling Test Exercise 26 - Daily Writing Tips
You, by now, should understand that words are seperate units of consciousness
- Spelling Test Exercise (240) - Daily Writing Tips
Fortunately for Psyche, she had the help of the ants when Venus required her to seperate an enormous heap of seeds according to variety It is a great shame that in American popular culture the words broccoli and grammer have been loaded with such disagreeable connotations that all one has to do is say them to produce disgusted shudders
- Confused Words #7: Dual vs. Duel - DAILY WRITING TIPS
Both dual and duel derive from the Latin adjective dualis, “containing two,” from Latin duo, “two ” The English adjective dual refers to something that pertains to or consists of two parts For example, a “dual carriageway” is a road with separate carriageways divided by a strip An airplane or motor vehicle might have “dual controls” that can be operated by two people, an
- Anglos and Saxons Before England - Daily Writing Tips
A reader wonders about the terms Anglos and Saxons: I have often heard the term Anglo-Saxon, but never just Anglos or Saxons However, I learned that these are two separate people groups from different areas (of what I guess is Northern Europe) If what I learned is accurate, from what countries are the Anglos, and from what countries are the Saxons? I appreciate any help I’ve been trying
- How to Use Dashes - Daily Writing Tips
Writers have three different dashes at their disposal: the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash Most of us are familiar with hyphens and their uses They’re used to form compound modifiers (such as in “a well-attended event”) We also use them to break a word that falls at the end of a line This usage is becoming less common, however, because word processing and layout software
- Identifying Clauses - Daily Writing Tips
A reader has asked for help in distinguishing noun, adjective, and adverb clauses
- Avoid Awkward Joint Possessives - Daily Writing Tips
“This is a picture of Sam and Jill and John and Mary’s time-share cottage ” (All four have joint ownership of the cottage ) “Sam’s, Jill’s, John’s, and Mary’s boats are tied to the dock ” (four separate owners of four separate boats) Once we try to replace a name with a pronoun possessive adjective, however, things start getting uncomfortable Refresher: Possessive adjectives
- List of Prefixes and Suffixes and their Meanings - Daily Writing Tips
This post lists prefixes, suffixes, and their meanings (Many scientific and mathematical prefixes have been omitted ) Groups of one or more definitions after
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