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If it weren’t for exceptions, the rules would be easy to understand. We use an apostrophe, sometimes followed by an s. Sometimes not. And then we have to remember that…
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The traditional lyrics of Twelve Days of Christmas isn’t entirely relevant in Canada covered with snow. A partridge a pear tree just doesn't seem quite right. The Patrick Johnson family…
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Many editors believe numerical comparisons should always use more than rather than over less than rather than under older than rather than over younger than rather than under Other editors…
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As It Might Have Happened in the Old West By Frank Ball Luke 2 1And it came to pass back in those days that a telegram was sent from President…
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Dialogue should not be entirely open and honest, because people rarely tell exactly how they feel or what they are thinking. We call this concealment the “subtext,” the message hidden…
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