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What you meant to say. Monday, March 9, 2009. Be selective in the ideas that you include. Pick your best ideas but make sure they relate to each other and your topic. Don't stop once you start writing. Get into the groove. Revising and editing come later. Just let the ideas flow. Posted in Daily Tips. Post a comment . You can also bookmark this post using your favorite bookmarking service:. Related Posts by Categories. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is doing what to Whom?
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Writeability: February 2009
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What you meant to say. Thursday, February 26, 2009. There are so many different kinds of pronouns. They can replace both a noun or another pronoun to make phrases less cumbersone and repetative but you should not use them without thought. One of the things to remember is to keep the number consistent when using pronouns. This means that the pronoun is either singular, if it refers to one thing, or plural, if it refers to several. Is deciding which car to buy. He is deciding which car to buy. When relatin...
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Writeability: A plural with no singular
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What you meant to say. Friday, March 6, 2009. A plural with no singular. You call a two-bladed cutting tool "scissors" or "a pair of scissors". The word scissors is a plural that has no singular. Scissors comes from the latin word for cutting tool "ciscoria" and became intermingled with the latin word for tailor (scissor) sometime during the 16th century. . Other words that are also pluralized in their singular forms are:. Posted in Daily Tips. Post a comment . Related Posts by Categories.
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Writeability: Who is doing what to Whom?
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What you meant to say. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Who is doing what to Whom? If you are uncertain about whether to use. 160;ask yourself "Who is doing what to whom? The subject -the one that does the action- is who. The object -the one that gets something done to it - is whom. Posted in Daily Tips. Post a comment . You can also bookmark this post using your favorite bookmarking service:. Related Posts by Categories. Who is doing what to Whom? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is doing what to Whom?
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Writeability: Writing
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What you meant to say. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. On this blog we have tended to focus on formal or business writing practices. This is because using proper grammar and spelling is essential for communication and this is especially true in a professional setting. The way that we write an e-mail to our friends is very different from an e-mail we would write to a client or co-worker. In any setting it is good practice to set your ideas out as clearly as possible. Posted in Daily Tips. Post a comment .
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Writeability: Capitalization
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What you meant to say. Thursday, March 12, 2009. Most of us know (or should know) that the first word of a sentence and the pronoun I are always capitalized. . There are other ways capital letters are used (and often misused). What follows is a short capitalization guideline. The first word of a sentence . Example: The first time I went to New York I was overwhelmed. Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things). Family relationships (when used as proper names).
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Writeability: Among and Amongst
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What you meant to say. Monday, March 16, 2009. Among and amongst have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably. Among is more commonly used in American English. Amongst is seen to be a little old-fashioned but is still grammatically correct. Posted in Daily Tips. Post a comment . You can also bookmark this post using your favorite bookmarking service:. Related Posts by Categories. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is doing what to Whom? I laughed, I cried, I nearly died.
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Writeability: Mondays
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What you meant to say. Monday, March 2, 2009. Instead of a 'Daily Tip' I'm offering something a little different to start this week off. For better of worse most people learn to write at school. This article. Explores tips and tricks to increase interest in writing through science. Post a comment . You can also bookmark this post using your favorite bookmarking service:. Related Posts by Categories. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is doing what to Whom? I laughed, I cried, I nearly died.
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Writeability: March 2009
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What you meant to say. Friday, March 20, 2009. There are at least five uses of the word principles(pals) but two different ways to spell it. Principle: Guideline or rule. The basic principle of investing is to buy low and sell high. . Principle: Moral guideline or conduct. It's against my principles to lie. Principal: Main or major. The principal reason I called this meeting today. Principal: The head of a school. Principal: Capital sum of money, as distinguished from interest. Posted in Daily Tips.
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Writeability: This and It
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What you meant to say. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Starting sentences with"this" or "it" is very vague. When you find yourself writing this way, ask yourself what it is that you are really trying to say. Be clear and specific to the point you are making, if there is another way to convey your message without starting the sentence with "it" or "this"try it out. This leads one to believe that vacations are most popular in February. In this sentence the reader does not know what "it" refers to.