How do you feel about semicolons? That super cute card is available from Fishcakes by Voz on Etsy. Oh, the stuff. There’s a movement to oust them from polite fiction society. But whether or not you’re a fan, Grammar-me says correct usage is important. I’ve met some semicolon-haters; I’ve […]
Last week, I talked about verbs which masquerade as other parts of speech. For the sake of being thorough and keeping things together for our new readers, I’m bringing Perry Participle back for another round. If you read this last year, you’re free to decide whether the refresher will benefit you or no. Cute, fuzzy […]
I hear Mike Myers–er, Linda Richman–in my head, hosting Coffee Talk, with the thick NY accent. “Perfect Progressive verb forms are neither perfect nor progressive. Discuss.” We’ll hit this one fast and hard, because honestly? There are only a few legitimate reasons to use the perfect progressive verb form. And there’s probably a better, simpler […]
Happy National Grammar Day, peoples. Let’s get our Grammar Fix(ed)!If you missed the bird’s-eye view of verbs, check it out here. Today, we’re going to home in on the simple forms of a verb. The simple form indicates that an action occurs and usually implies that it wasn’t repeated. I choked on frozen Reese’s pieces […]
Get your grammar fix(ed) in a minute or less. For the next four Grammar posts (tucked in between our Spelunking Speculative Fiction posts), we’re gonna get down and dirty with verb tenses. Why? Because it’s important to writing. Writing comes across as weak if your characters are only BEING instead of doing. Or if they’re […]
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