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... does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: Two One to hold the giraffe firmly and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly colored machine tools 3 If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell ... read these examples: Confusing: The proctologist's discovery brought him fame (Because the pronoun him is not possessive, it cannot be used to refer to the possessive proctologists.) Clear: The ... unfit, to do the unnecessary 5 The book says that applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw Answers 1 The radio announcer said that it's going to

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... together One or the other will do the trick nicely No: This is the more heavier brother Yes: This is the heavier brother No: He is the most heaviest brother Yes: He is the heaviest brother Good, ... with the rest of the group, be sure to include the word other or else Then, your comparison will make sense Dopey: The Godfather was greater than any modern American movie Sensible: The Godfather ... group, you have to differentiate it from the group by using the word other or else before you can set it apart in a compar-ison Therefore, to avoid adding to the world's existing stock of stupidity,

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... also, the verb agrees with the noun closest to the pronoun • Neither the contract nor the page proofs are arriving in time to meet the deadline Trang 2l|f» P a r t 2 : Under the Grammar Hammer The ... verb, as these examples show: • On the top of the hill are two Elvis impersonators The plural subject impersonators agrees with the plural verb are • There are still several agitators in the ... Mosquitoes are attracted to blue more than any other color The plural subject mosquitoes matches the plural verb are Think of the conjunction and as a plus sign Whether the parts of the subject

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... as either/or, neither/nor agree with the antecedent closer to the pronoun • Neither Toody nor the other officers eat their jelly donuts on duty Use the plural pronoun their to agree with the ... do not work well together It's like that old joke: "Keep your eye on the ball, your ear to the ground, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel: Now try to work in that position." ... Neither the other officers nor Toody eats his donuts on duty Use the singular pronoun his to agree with the singular antecedent Toody Notice that the verb eats must also match 5 Be sure that the

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... Infinitives: To Boldly Go Where Everyone Else Goes As their motto proves, the crew of the USS Enterprise split their infinitives along with their atoms The motto should read: "To Go Boldly " They're ... Thanks to all the free publicity Winston received, the marketing executives no doubt laughed all the way to the bank Here's the generally accepted like/as rule: 1 Use like or as as a preposition to ... • The manager with the pink slips terrorized the employees The adjectival phrase "with the pink slips" describes the noun "manager." • The price of the promotion was much too

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... achieved. The infinitive phrase is "to break into Fort Knox" and modifies the noun "goal." • The pilgrim's hope was to reach the shrine before sundown. The infinitive ... functions as an adjective. In the mood to add some participle action to your sentences? Here's how you do it: • The howling children disturbed the neighbors. The present participle "howling" ... indispensable part of the writer's bag of tricks because they allow you to create concise and interesting sen- tences. Use them to combine information from two or more sentences into one sen- tence.

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... rewrite the question as a statement The question "Is the frog in the freezer?" becomes "The frog is in the freezer." Now the subject, frog, is in the usual position before the verb ... examples: • Is the frog in the freezer? The subject of the sentence is "frog." • Are you traveling this weekend? The subject of the sentence is "you." To find the subject in a ... subject of the sentence is "frog." • There goes the frog, all nicely defrosted The subject of the sentence is still Mr Frog To find the subject in a sentence that starts with here or there,

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... subordinating conjunction or connect it to another sentence Fragment: When you go to the party Complete: When you go to the party, be sure to head straight for the shrimp and caviar and chow down ... keep their New Year's resolutions for more than a few weeks They don't make resolutions in the first place 4 The oldest female elephant in the herd usually leads the other elephants The other ... missing part to the sentence Fragment: In the cabinet over the bookshelf Complete: I keep extra supplies in the cabinet over the bookshelf Trang 21 7 ^ P a r t 3 : Usage and Abusaqe • Omit the subordinating

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