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⚠️☠️ Avoid MISPLACED and DANGLING MODIFIERS in your writing!
Here’s how: https://t.co/DEyV8bexzn 👈🏻👩🏻💻
#grammar #writing
Write 📝 = what authors do
Right = opposite of “left”; correct ✔
Rite = ceremony; custom
Wright = maker or builder 🛠
(Tricky, right?) 😏
[Comic by @PHDcomics]
#vocabulary #spelling
Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻
Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐
Kid = (v.) deceive (someone) in a playful or teasing way
[Comic source: https://t.co/XhQ3hhuWhS]
#vocabulary #spelling
Device [dee-VICE] = (n.) gadget:
Henry built a *device* to catch mice.
Devise [dee-VIZE] = (v.) think up; design:
Henry’s cat *devised* a clever way to catch mice. 🐁
#vocabulary #spelling
👍 If you’re not sure how to use a semicolon, here’s one of the best guides out there: https://t.co/BRy0i1IRji via @Oatmeal
#grammar #punctuation
“Data” 📈 is technically the plural of “datum,” but “data” is now used as a singular or plural noun.
So,
The data IS → ✔
The data ARE → ✔
[Comic by @PHDcomics]
#grammar