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Lay, Lie, Sit, and Set

Lay, Lie, Sit, and Set are all verbs that refer to potions and places. This makes them cousins of a sort. To the right, you can see pictures of a bedstead (bedframe, just missing a matress), a couch made...

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Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width

Do a bit of creative writing, become a published writer and make money writing online, no matter what you write. You can make money and destroy the English language at the same time. Just follow this easy guide. Writing quality? Doesn't matter any more - or does it?

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Funny Facts About The English Language!

The English language can be unpredictable and confusing- but at least we can have fun with it! Here are some unique language oddities to wrap your mind around:   ***Paradoxies In the English...

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English Grammar: Lie or Lay

My mother taught fourth grade for over 30 years. As a result, whenever I misspoke grammatically, it resulted in a quick tutorial often in the form of conjugation. She would often interrupt my great story to...

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English Usage, Grammar, and Style

A guide to English grammar and usage resources available on the Internet.

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Notes on English usage - will and shall

This is a tricky one! When do you use "will" and when do you use "shall"? The rule is that, in the first person (i.e. "I" or "we"), you use "shall" when you are talking about a future action, as in "I shall be...

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Video Lessons to Learn English

This page will be interesting for those who learn English as a foreigh language. I have being learning English for 2 years and I should say that it is not an easy thing: you need much time; English...

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What I Know about Hubpages After Writing Fifty Hubs

It has only been two months since I discovered Hubpages and decided I would give it a try. I’m definitely not rich yet, but I have learned quite a few things about this cyberspace community. 1. A hub...

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A friend of John or a friend of John's ?

Should we write "a friend of John" or "a friend of John's" ? The 's is required in this case. Grammarians call this construction double genitive or double possessive. They say a double possessive is essential...

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Learn English The Easy Way : Subject Verb Agreement

  I.       SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT   I.1        A verb agrees with its subject in person and in number.  There are two numbers in grammar.  Singular and Plural.  A word is singular in ...

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