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2008-05-15 General Writing and Grammar Help - stressed syllable: Elizabeth, First, a multi-syllable word has a prominent syllable. This is called a stressed syllable. It is longer in duration, higher in pitch, and louder in volume. Af ter and tea cher are good examples...
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2008-05-15 General Writing and Grammar Help - exaggeration poems: Hello Melanie, Exaggeration means claiming something is greater than it really is. For example, if you said "my cat is as big as a house" or "I can run faster than the speed of light," you would be...
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2008-05-15 General Writing and Grammar Help - few/tense: Hi Luke, Few means many, but only in a small number. At least in the aspect of the wording of the sentence. In this case, I will say that the correct way will be "There are still much fewer people who...
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2008-05-15 General Writing and Grammar Help - Pronoun Usage: Both sentences end (almost) with a prepositional phrase -- "of us." The objective of the preposition "of" is "us." "Us" is, therefore, in the objective case. The explanation of "us" is "you and...
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2008-05-14 General Writing and Grammar Help - Agreement: Hello Susan, Since "eight" is a collective noun, it will use the plural verb --B--crowd. "Into the phone booth crowd eight of us." "Efforts" is the noun and it takes a plural verb also. So...
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