The documentary "Rebel with a Clause," opening Thursday at Digital Gym Cinema, follows Ellen Jovin on a 50-state road trip ...
Okay, now we're going to tackle the dangling participle. A participle is the form of the verb that has ing on the end of it. And when you begin a sentence with a participle, that phrase has to modify ...
A lot of adults gave up on grammar long ago. They didn’t learn as much as they would have liked in school. Now there’s too much too learn. Amid a sea of gibberish about sentence-ending prepositions, ...
Present and past particples are used as parts of certain verb constructions but they can be used in a number of different ways. Present participle (verb-ing) clauses can be used without a subject ...
The grammar quiz for this week was based on a quote from an NBC correspondent named Jaime Gangelle, who was interviewing an actor named Terrence Howard on March 18, 2007, at 8:50 a.m. on Channel 7.
Stepping on camera, I will relax completely. (When I step - future time clause) Not knowing the baby slept, she phoned. (Because she didn't know the baby slept.) Knowing not to call because the baby ...