Thoughts About Writing
The Parts of Speech and Thought
If I said that I was reading a book yesterday afternoon when I suddenly realized I had not yet booked the hotel reservation for my vacation, how is the word book being used grammatically in that statement? Of if an accountant speaks of the book value of a company’s assets, what is the grammar of …
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Getting Organized: The Parts of Speech Tuesday, March 2 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT A cluttered sentence, like a cluttered desk, wastes a lot of time and attention, and both can be cleaned up efficiently when we begin to sort things out and toss what we don’t need. The traditional parts of speech are simply …
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