Below are some common grammar mistakes I see routinely, not only in editorial queries and submissions, but in print: in HR manuals, blogs, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, and even best selling novels. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve made each of these mistakes a hundred times, and I know some of the best authors
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Writing Skills – Effective Writing Rules Good writing skills are essential for effective communication. Learning to write well takes time and practice and as students, it is important for you to be able to write well as this will help in your examinations and also improve your general communication skills. Rule 1. Use concrete rather
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A word (one of the traditional parts of speech) that takes the place of a noun,noun phrase, or noun clause, A pronoun can function as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence. Unlike nouns, pronouns rarely allow modification. There are different classes of pronouns: 1. Demonstrative Pronoun A determiner that points to a particular noun or
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Essay Writing An essay is a short piece of writing that generally shows the author’s view on a particular subject. There are many different kinds of essays, including narrative, descriptive, and persuasive. Tips to Writing a Good Essay A. Choose Your Topic 1. Your teacher may assign you a topic or ask you to choose
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The words that we use can be divided into different classes that are called Parts of Speech. A part of speech is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items) which have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similar behavior in terms of syntax
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According to an article on about.com, an abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, such as Jan for January; Dr for Doctor; Mrs for Missus etc. The abbreviated form of the word abbreviation is abbr. or, less commonly, abbrv. or abbrev. In British English, which we favour, the usage of abbreviations generally favours omitting the period (or full stop) in
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Active and Passive Verbs Verbs have two voices: an active voice and a passive voice. Voice as the form of a verb shows whether the subject of the verb does the action (the active voice) or whether the action is done to it (the passive voice). Active Verb In order to write sentences with active
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Writing of Minutes Writing of minutes can save time and money. Good minutes are concise and to the point, but at the same time, they do not leave out critical information. Succinct minutes that capture the purpose of the meeting and its agreed outcomes are a record that can be referred back to and be used
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IDIOMS Idiomatic expressions or Idioms can be explained as a group of words in a fixed order, having a particular meaning different from the meaning of each word understood in its own. An Idiom is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal meaning. This means Idioms have a deeper meaning
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American English is the form of English used in the United States. It includes all English dialects used within the United States of America. British English is the form of English used in the United Kingdom. It includes all English dialects used within the United Kingdom. Differences between American and British English include pronunciation, grammar,
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