REMINDER
This blog was started on April 7, 2007 which means there are nearly six months of postings.
Why not review some of the postings by clicking on any of the dates listed in the column to the right.
A lot of material has been posted and you might find some interesting words or concepts that challenge you to expand your vocabulary and/or your grammar and writing skills.
LOATH/LOATHE
What is the difference in meaning and pronunciation between "loath" and "loathe"?
Use these words in sentences?
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "threnody".
This is not a common word but it has a good feel when spoken.
Define "threnody" and use it in a sentence.
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regarding last Friday:
Friday
MORE POOR PROSE BY THE PROS
Example 1
"Her band of eight students were studying how to depict a group of trees."
The noun “students” is plural. It demands the plural verb “was”.
A number of trees is not called a group; it is a “grove’ or a “copse” or a “forest”.
Corrected Version
"Her band of eight students was studying how to depict a grove of trees."
Did you not mean that "band" is singular and therefore, the singular verb "was" is required?
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