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Common Usage Dilemmas: Introduction

IntroductionCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortSplit Infinitives: To Boldly Go…

Writing Well: Tell Me a Story: Narration

Tell Me a Story: NarrationWriting WellTell Me a Story: NarrationNarrative Building BlocksGet Cookin'!Life Line: Personal Narratives Seized with a determination to learn to read, at any cost, I hit…

Writing Well: Writing Across the Curriculum

Writing Across the CurriculumWriting WellWriting Across the CurriculumDifferent Strokes for Different FolksPlaying with the Big KidsFull CreditTwo's Company, Three's a Crowd— Unless You're Writing “…

Parts of Speech: Interjections: Zap! Pow! Wow!

Interjections: Zap! Pow! Wow!Parts of SpeechGrammarNouns: Prime-Time PlayersVerbs: All the Right MovesConjunctions: The Ties That BindPrepositions: Good Things Come in Small PackagesAdjectives: Happy…

Sentences: Sentence Functions: The Four Tops

Sentence Functions: The Four TopsSentencesIntroductionI Know It When I See It: The SentenceSentence Structure: The Fab FourSentence Functions: The Four TopsAlley Oops In addition to classifying…

Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of, 1355–97, English nobleman; youngest son of Edward III. He was betrothed (1374) to Eleanor, heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, and…