Using Verbals and Verbal Phrases for Better Writing Our very first grammar lesson in Mrs. Allinson’s 2nd grade class was about verbs. I can still remember her telling us: “A verb is an action word.” The cat sat on the mat. Verbs are more than just action words,...
Improve Your Writing by Avoiding “Scare Quotes” The other day I saw a sign in a shop window: “Farm Fresh” “Chicken” $2.50/lb. That didn’t inspire much confidence in me! Was the chicken really farm fresh? Was it even chicken, or was it some other mysterious substance?...
Spice Up Any Sentence With a Compound Verb Verbs are extremely powerful words. In fact a verb alone can make up a whole sentence. When my niece was very little, her favorite sentence was just two letters long. It consisted of a single verb: Go! Most sentences, and...
Watch Out for Words That Have Changed Meaning Over Time My friend Kathy was talking about her frustrating day at work. She’d spent hours on the phone with customer service, trying to fix a billing error. “My head was literally exploding!” I looked over at Kathy, who...
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