What is passive voice? why is it bad?
The rule says: place a colon/comma in front of direct speech, but not always. For example: He said she was "smart and pretty." So I would not...
The Rule Is: take out ONE WORD or MORE to then write a new sentence, STRICTLY no ADDING. The point of this game to start with a sentence and end...
Hi I need help with punctuation! Is there a way to remember when to correctly use colons, semi-colons and dashes? I never know what to use to...
If we're using the text of a sign right in the sentence, how do we write it? Here's my sentence as it stands now: He read the No Trespassing...
Hello, My advisor states that this sentence is grammatically incorrect, yet I can't see where. Library staff was forced to—not only adapt...
My sentence is: At first glance the phrase “Property is theft” seems to be a contradiction -- how can the concept of theft exist independent...
In this sentence: This is because you have turned what should be the intention of great care and high quality into a job performed solely for...
Do we nourish ourselves ON something? Or do we nourish ourselves WITH something? Or does it matter? I'm using this sentence specifically:...
So I have been having a hard time witing because every time I turn in a assignment to a teacher for grading one of my problems are run ons. I have...
Here's the sentence: It’s fun to have fast food occasionally. It feels as being a kid in the middle of mischief, knowing that kind of food is...
In the sentence, "He believes her hatred for and disgust with him is baseless," I should use are instead of is right? He believes her hatred for...
I've noticed that a lot of successful authors -- King, Barker, Gaiman, Palahniuk, among many others -- often use sentence fragments in their...
I don't want to use one myself, but a friend of mine who writes does and his stuff arrives to me as one long sentence. He's a technical zero...
Ok guys, you may not have heard of this before, but it's really fun! My sister was watching an episode of Victorious, they were playing this game...
This is the sentence: The investors write extremely harsh contracts for the players in that they can be removed at any time if they are not...
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help me. I have a fairly long sentence which appears to start with a demand "Can you please let me know when...
Separate names with a comma.
