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June 16, 2008 10:20 AM EDT --
Earlier I promised a long-awaited distinction between passive voice and passive writing —or more specifically, passive verbs . Passive voice describes a sentence in which the subject receives . . .
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June 16, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
I ended my last post with a curious sentence:
But was and were , along with all the to-be verbs, are the source of many grammatical misunderstandings.
Or, simplified: . . .
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July 10, 2008 05:55 PM EDT --
It was a dark and stormy night.
Uh-oh, that doesn't bode well for this article. For over a century that sentence has gained a reputation as the worst possible opening for a work of fiction. Charles . . .
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June 16, 2008 10:28 AM EDT --
Last post we discussed the evils of the unofficial passive verbs was and were . We've already seen how to dispense with these verbs in association with the passive voice . . .
Miss . . .
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June 16, 2008 10:56 AM EDT --
Last post I asked you to evaluate the verb usage in the following sentence:
After capturing Dr. Maybe, Agent Pi was being a self-centered jerk.
Maybe you noticed that per the . . .
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July 14, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
In my last post I asked what made a truly bad opening sentence for a novel. Not intentionally bad, like the Bulwer-Lytton contest gems. I'm talking about the bad that most writers are familiar with. . . .
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July 09, 2008 06:21 PM EDT --
Here's a quick overview of the helpful articles on grammar and writing now available at The Grammar Weasel :
Dangling Participles (series of 2 articles)
Participial Phrases
Absolute . . .
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