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Adjectives are tricky little buggers. While usually limited to modifying nouns and pronouns, they sometimes modify other adjectives as part of compound adjectives. These compounds should be hyphenated when they appear before the noun or pronoun they modify, and unhyphenated when they appear after it. For example:
John is a second-rate dancer.
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As a [...]
It’s become a sitcom cliché: A shy guy is called upon to speak in public and is advised to imagine the audience naked. Of course, he winds up imagining himself naked on the podium. Hilarity ensues.
Personally, I’ve never understood the advice. Sure, there’s likely to be a few people in the audience I’d rather not [...]
Appositives are nouns or noun phrases that represent the same thing and sit next to each other in a sentence. For example,
My wife, Jenny, should know how lucky she is to be married to me.
Here, My wife and Jenny are the same person; Jenny serves to explain my wife.
Apposition is a technical concept. In fact, [...]
Writers only need a pen, a piece of paper, and an idea. But, at least in my house, by the time you’ve found the pen and the paper, the idea has fled for warmer climes. So here’s a look at a few somewhat-essential tools for the writer.
This list has two ideas behind it: 1.) Money [...]
An ellipsis is a figure of speech in which a word or words have been omitted, but are understood.
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I’m going to fail you today.
I don’t have the answers. I’ve got some ideas. I’ve got techniques for making sure your readers make it all the way to your last sentence, but not the end-all, be-all. I’m hoping you can fill in the blanks.
Without further ado, here are 10 tricks you [...]
Kenn Amdahl is the author of “There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings” and “Joy Writing”, which I am currently reading. He’s also the publisher of the aforementioned books. In fact, he hasn’t called anyone “Boss” in 18 years, thanks to the success of Clearwater Publishing Company. Jealous? Read on to find out what he has to say about following in his footsteps.
Kenn Amdahl is the author of “There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings” and “Joy Writing”, which I am currently reading. He’s also the publisher of the aforementioned books. In fact, he hasn’t called anyone “Boss” in 18 years, thanks to the success of Clearwater Publishing Company. Jealous? Read on to find out what he has to say about following in his footsteps.
Kenn Amdahl is the author of “There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings” and “Joy Writing”, which I am currently reading. He’s also the publisher of the aforementioned books. In fact, he hasn’t called anyone “Boss” in 18 years, thanks to the success of his self-publishing company. Jealous? Read on to find out what he has to say about following in his footsteps.
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