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I am the bibliographic instruction and reference librarian at a public college. Some members of the English department recommend me to their students. I offer assistance in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraph development. My master`s thesis concerns William Faulkner`s tragic novels. I formerly taught advanced placement English at two schools in the Philadelphia area.
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Question: 1.Do both sentences of each set below have identical meanings? It was said that John was a child prodigy when he was young. John was said to be a child prodigy when he was young.
Maggie: The implication is that all the mail sent by the VA is for veterans -- plural. The Veterans Administration DOES send a great deal of mail TO veterans. So the correct punctuation is the plural
Dear Dinkar: The subject of the sentence is the singular pronoun "none." "None" means "not one," which is singular, not plural. The prepositional phrase "of us" modifies the subject "none," but the
Oppo: conversations Question: 1. Do all the conversations below make sense? A: I am sorry. You had (have?) the wrong number. B: Is this Mr. Lewis’s number? *** CORRECT - You should use "have
Question: 1.Follow-up question: Ex: The new software we installed (will/would) make our department more productive. My previous question: Can I say, “The new software we installed made
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