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The next step in the writing process is producing a rough draft. A rough draft translates your list of details into sentences full of description, act...
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Once you have generated a topic sentence and the details to support that topic sentence, it is time to organize your ideas. By organizing your ideas y...
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The first steps in the writing process are the most crucial for developing a well-written unified paragraph. These steps are called Thought Lines. Tak...
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Chapter 19: Using Prepositions Correctly
2023-12-07Prepositions are small words that are combined with nouns into phrases. Prepositional phrases explain time, location, and direction to the reader. As ...
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The English language has a large group of words that sound alike or look alike. Words like decent and descent look and sound similar, but they have ve...
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Chapter 17: Spelling
2023-12-07Spelling is a learned skill not a special talent. Spelling can be mastered by learning a few basic rules about when to change the endings on words. Mo...
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Chapter 16: Punctuation
2023-12-07If you have ever wondered if punctuation is truly important, try reading a passage that does not have punctuation. It in nearly impossible to correctl...
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Consistency in pronoun use refers to the point of view you are writing from. There are three points of view: first person, second person, and third pe...
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A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. The noun that has been replaced is referred to as the antecedent for that pronoun. Pronouns must agree with ...
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Chapter 13: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
2023-12-07Subjects and verbs have to agree with each other in number. It is not acceptable to mix a plural subject with a singular verb or vice versa. Singular ...