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84Grammar Mishaps: How to Address a Card or Envelope
Below is a quick and easy lesson on addressing an envelope or card. I often see envelopes and holiday cards addressed incorrectly. The rules are easy to remember and you can avoid a lot of grammar...
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84Grammar Mishaps: Raise vs. Rise
Grammar Request: My students often use raise and rise incorrectly. Could you write a hub on the difference? Both words can mean "to move upwards", but they are not interchangeable. "Rise" is an...
19 comments83Grammar Mishaps: Semicolon vs. Comma
The bottom line: it's up to you. Semicolons and commas are used to link two sentences or independent clauses. An independent clause must contain a subject and a verb. You have the choice of leaving one...
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93Grammar Mishaps: Sympathy vs. Empathy
I recently received a hub request to write an article on the difference between sympathy and empathy. Receiving my undergrad in Psychology, I had my own thoughts on the differences already, but decided to add...
46 comments90Grammar Mishaps: Quotation Marks
I recently received a comment asking me to write a hub about the rules around quotation marks. I will attempt to compile a complete list of rules and usages. If you have any additions, please feel free to...
60 comments74Grammar Mishaps: Good vs. Well
The general rule with good and well is that well is an adverb and good is an adjective. What this means is that well modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs and good modifies nouns. Unfortunately,...
38 comments80Grammar Mishaps: i.e. versus e.g.
To specify or give examples in a text, writers will many times use "i.e." or "e.g.". Although a bit formal, their usage is perfectly acceptable. Just be aware, there is a distinct difference between the two;...
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89Grammar Mishaps: Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
I received another hub request on the degrees of adjectives: positive, comparative and superlative. I'll attempt to give the basic breakdown of each and how they are interrelated. Adjectives modify nouns or...
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88Grammar Mishaps: Split Infinitives
I received an email regarding split infinitives. Our fellow hubster wrote: Will you write a hub on split infinitives? "I think they're okay; a friend of mine insists they're not. We decided to let you...
15 comments81Grammar Mishaps: Effect vs. Affect
Use effect when you mean: RESULT, TO CAUSE, TO ACCOMPLISH, TO BRING ABOUT, or when preceded by A, AN, ANY, THE, TAKE, INTO, and NO. (These words may be separated from effect by an adjective.) Use affect...
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