Archive for the 'Grammar' Category

Grammar Check – Avoid Useless Circumlocution

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English is a wonderfully expressive language where you can use words to create animated pictures for readers and listeners. But there are rules to be followed. You cannot just use any words anywhere and roundabout styles of writing or too fine writing is to be avoided [...]

What Every Catholic Schoolgirl Knows – Check your Grammar and Avoid Exaggerations in your English

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Exaggerating or presenting an idea out of context of its appearance is one very common mistake that happens with nearly every novice learner of English. An extremely basic interpretation of exaggeration is that it’s “lying” or “stretching the truth” till the point becomes convincing. There are simple reasons for this [...]

Grammar Check – Use Words in the Proper Sense

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English can be a difficult language to master. Words can be spelt the same way but used to represent completely different objects and actions. Novice learners complain about simple differences that can confuse them beyond measure. How many times do you notice someone misspelling ‘week’ as ‘weak’? It’s a [...]