Archive for the 'grammar' Category
Starting a sentence with an -ing phrase
28 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak June 11th, 2006 in copyediting, grammarThe manuscript I’m currently working on is chock-full of sentences that begin with phrases using the present participle (-ing), and a lot of them read in ways the author doesn’t intend. I thought I’d offer a quick-and-dirty explanation of how to avoid some of the most common problems associated with those phrases, in case it’s [...]
Some of the Ways Writers Hypercorrect
49 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak April 5th, 2006 in grammarMmmm. I’ve been copyediting a manuscript this morning that the editor has gone to the trouble to print out in nice large Courier New, and I’m munching on cookies the editor also sent. Talk about your ideal working conditions….:-) But I have a grammar post that’s just pecking at my brain, wanting to get out [...]
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