Tag: verb
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How to Write a Sentence in 4 Easy Steps
During my years teaching basic English at Columbus State Community College, I often felt bewildered by the inability of some students to write even one simple sentence. They would write fragments or run-ons, or worse, just string a series of words together that — to them — made sense but not to anyone else. As…
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Affect/Effect and Other Commonly Confused Word Pairs — Part III
It wouldn’t be too difficult to write a blog exclusively on the confusion that often arises over whether to use affect or effect in a sentence. But before taking on that challenge, let’s look at two other word pairs that are sometimes confused. Device and Devise Device is a noun that typically refers to a machine,…