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Write Every Time (Or Is That 'Right'?)

  • Некто Никтоhas quoted6 years ago
    Every name is called a noun,

    As field and fountain, street and town.

    In place of noun the pronoun stands

    As he and she can clap their hands.

    The adjective describes a thing,

    As magic wand and bridal ring.

    The verb means action, something done –

    To read, to write, to jump, to run.

    How things are done, the adverbs tell,

    As quickly, slowly, badly, well.

    The preposition shows relation,

    As in the street, or at the station.

    Conjunctions join, in many ways,

    Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

    The interjection cries out, “Hark!

    I need an exclamation mark!”

    Through poetry, we learn how each

    Of these make up the parts of speech.
  • Carli Maffeihas quoted3 years ago
    It often doesn’t matter where you put an adverb in a sentence because its meaning still stays the same:

    She spoke hesitantly.

    Hesitantly, she spoke.

    She hesitantly spoke.
  • MarinaChehas quoted9 years ago
    You use grammar every time you read or write or speak. Grammar gives you all the rules about how to put words together in sentences. Using the right grammar helps other people to understand what you mean.
  • Mariahas quoted9 years ago
    English cats may ‘purr’, but French cats go ‘ron-ron’; and German cats go ‘schnurr’.
  • Алина Лепёшкинаhas quoted3 years ago
    words in place of ‘speak’, for instance?

    chatter

    gabble

    grumble

    jabber
  • Алина Лепёшкинаhas quoted3 years ago
    these in place of ‘run’?

    bound

    dash

    hurtle

    lope

    rush

    scamper

    scarpe
  • Алина Лепёшкинаhas quoted3 years ago
    a business of ferrets

    an intrusion of cockroaches

    a descent of woodpeckers

    a labour of moles

    a pod of dolphins

    a shiver of sharks

    a wake of buzzards

    an unkindness of ravens

    a storytelling of rooks

    a murder of crows

    an ostentation of peacocks
  • Carli Maffeihas quoted3 years ago
    Only I gave my brother a pencil.

    I only gave my brother a pencil.

    I gave only my brother a pencil.

    I gave my brother only a pencil.
  • Carli Maffeihas quoted3 years ago
    “Get lost,” she snapped.
  • Александра Загорулькоhas quoted4 years ago
    However, two negatives in a sentence contradict each other. ‘I don’t like running neither,’ for example, means you do like running. This is known as a double negative and should be avoided.
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