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In this section, we learned all about the preposition, whose primary role in life is to stick nouns on sentences. We met three basic kinds: simple, marginal, and compound. We learned that skilled writers don’t use too many compound prepositions lik... | added 7 years ago |
Like, Wow!The word doing the most damage to the communicative “skills” of young people today happens to be a preposition … the word like. It also happens to be a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, a conjunction, ... | added 7 years ago |
Serving as Other Parts of Speech Prepositions Serving Double DutyMany words that serve as prepositions also serve as other parts of speech. The word up, for example, acts as a preposition: He looked ... | added 7 years ago |
Ending a Sentence or Clause with a Preposition Yet Another MythHere we have another myth, which I briefly mentioned in the section on prepositions:Never end a sentence or clause with a preposition. Actually, a sound rule would urge you to ... | added 7 years ago |
Just Between You and MeA reminder. Whenever a pronoun serves as the object of a preposition, it must appear in the objective case.So please heed this advice from Henry Fowler: After a... | added 7 years ago |
Prepositional Phrase - Two Parts The prepositional phrase consists of two major parts:1. the preposition 2. the object of the prepositionThe object is the noun (or pronoun) attached to the sentence by the preposition. That noun might be a true noun, a noun phrase, or... | added 7 years ago |
A Stuffy StyleThese come in two varieties:1. two-word prepositions 2. three-word prepositionsThe two-word varieties include pursuant to, according to, because of, prior to, ... | added 7 years ago |
Verbs as PrepositionsMarginal prepositions act like prepositions but derive from other word classes, primarily verb forms:Marginal Prepositionsbarring concerning considering pending&nb... | added 7 years ago |
Little but Important WordsIn the English language we have approximately 70 simple prepositions. About half of them have two syllables (under, over, behind, without) or more (underneath, notwithstanding).... | added 7 years ago |
Prepositions - Words That Glue Now let’s explore a very important part of speech, the preposition. This little word helps us hook nouns onto sentences. When we do, we form prepositional phrases. When you complete this section, you might decide that a preposition is a good word t... | added 7 years ago |
Prepositions - Definition, Overview, and Lists of Examples WelcomeBelow you’ll find links to our discussion on prepositions. We recommend that you start with the first topic,Prepositions - Words T... | added 7 years ago |
We have three kinds of conjunctions:1. coordinating 2. correlative 3. subordinatingWe have seen that coordinating and correlative conjunctions join two or three or four or more clau... | added 7 years ago |
Subject-Verb Agreement - Plural Subjects Watch OutBefore winding up our discussion of conjunctions, we need to visit the notion of subject-verb agreement in number. When you write a plural subject, you must use a plural verb. When you write a singular subject, you m... | added 7 years ago |
Nor After NegativesThe conjunction nor can serve either as a coordinating conjunction or as part of the correlative conjunction neither . . . nor. As a coordinating conjunction, it can join a comple... | added 7 years ago |
"However" as a Sentence-Starter However, this is bad form.Look at the sentences above, the ones starting with But. Imagine how awful they would sound if the writer had started them with However followed by a comma. No applause for Justice ... | added 7 years ago |
Start a Sentence with a Conjunction And you may start a sentence with And.You probably learned in grade school: Never start a sentence with but, and, or any other conjunction. Poppycock!Not on... | added 7 years ago |
Though we’ll study parallel construction in the eBook Developing a Powerful Writing Style, I must introduce the concept here, for producing a parallel series re... | added 7 years ago |
As Far As Success …Many smart people flub the use of the subordinating conjunction as far as. Keep in mind that the expression serves as a subordinating conjunction. That is, it joins a clause. What must be ... | added 7 years ago |
Starting Dependent ClausesThe third and final type of conjunction introduces subordinate clauses. We have a rather long list of these words, called subordinating conjunctions. Notice our friend, the word that... | added 7 years ago |
Power WordsThe second kind of conjunction is the correlative conjunction, which comes in pairs of words. Here are the most commonly used:Correlative Conjunctions... | added 7 years ago |
Conjunctive Adverbs - “However,” etc. Watch OutAnother word that can join two independent clauses is the conjunctive adverb. You probably use these words in your writing style: however, therefore, furthermore, nevertheless, and... | added 7 years ago |
Serial-Comma Rule - Red, White, and Blue When you use a coordinating conjunction to join two elements of a series, no comma comes before the conjunction. But when you join three or more elements, the preferred rule requires a comma before the coordinati... | added 7 years ago |
Rule of Parallel StructureNote: We devote an entire section to parallel structure in the eBook Develo... | added 7 years ago |
BOYFANSWe have seven coordinating conjunctions, and you can remember them by referring to the acronym BOYFANS. B ... | added 7 years ago |
Conjunctions - Words That Join In this section, we’ll learn all about conjunctions. Great writers wisely and frequently use conjunctions to create parallel structures in their prose. And all great writers start sentences with conjunctions. After you read this section, you will t... | added 7 years ago |