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Yoga and Y’all: An Excerpt
If you only learn only one yoga posture, this should be it.
Even Bbeginners can even do it. To form the “Greeting ... written.
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Several corrections are possible. Two examples: Speaking forcefully to the driver made the
point. Speaking to the driver made the point forcefully. The problem with the original is...
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... requires an, not a.
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Dollars’ Clothing: Fashions That Work
A–D. Surprising Surprisingly comfortably comfortable suits for work and
leisure. ... eggplant, orange, or eggplant-orange plaid.
Figure 14- 1:
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Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs
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... Superlative
Good or well Better Best
Bad or ill Worse Worst
Much or many More Most
Take a stab at this section’s practice exercises, but don’t go to the -ER if your aim is
faulty and you put the wrong form ... 16: For Better or Worse: Forming Comparisons
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ߜ Check the dictionary if you’re not sure of the correct form. The entry for the
p...
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... problem. Uncommonly means that more than one item may be suited, but this
button fits to a rare degree. Also no problem.
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Vote for Sally!
She will be the most ... Helen get angry), go for the comparative, with -er
for the short word and more for the two-syllable word.
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pettiest, more annoyingly or less annoyingly. The argument had more than two...
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... establishment. Correcting the errors may involve adding,
removing, or rearranging quite a few words. Note: Often more than one correction is possi-
ble. I supply one answer for each error in the following ... that each is correct. Here’s an example and a practice set of exercises. If you find an
error, rewrite the sentence. Note: More than one correction is possible with this sort of
error....
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... adverbs — in Chapter 14. To keep your
descriptions legal, be sure that they’re very close to the word they describe.
Except for a few place or time descriptions, nearly every multiword description ... response.
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19. About a week af...
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... sentence is subject (the person or thing you’re
talking about) and verb (a statement of being or action about the subject), in that order. This
structure is a good workhorse to carry your meaning ... out
misplaced words, insert words by using carats, and revise sentences in the margins of this
book. Note: The errors have several possible corrections, but in the answers section, I
show o...
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... problem. Uncommonly means that more than one item may be suited, but this
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Vote for Sally!
She will be the most ... cute.
Another form of illogic that pops up in comparisons is overkill: the use of both -er and
more or less or -est and most or least. You can be either sillier or more silly, bu...
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... the most important, if not the most important, provisions
of the law. Or, Elizabeth concentrated on one of the most important provisions of the law, if
not the most important. The original is ... one: equally impor-
tant. Comparison two: more important than Elizabeth’s.
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Elizabeth insisted on the same amount of time as Celeste, or even more time than Celeste.
In the original sentence ......
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... say, present to past tense, or from first person
(the I form) to third (the he or they form). Nor should a sentence drift from singular to
plural without good reason. For help with verbs, check ... shouldn’t show up as paired (or part of tripled or quadrupled or whatever)
subjects. Check these sentences out:
Nonparallel: Roberta didn’t enjoy paying full price for a lift ticket and...