Gasp! The horror! It’s just a poor, innocent little comma, and so many people abuse it. But I know that none of you want to be part of this terrible trend, so I thought I’d run through some of the…
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Comma Abuse
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, comma splice, dependent clause, FANBOYS, independent clause, predicate, subject
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Posted in Writing
Editing for Passive Voice
Passive voice is pervasive and often unwise. This post will involve a quick grammar lesson, but I’ll keep it short. Promise. Most sentences of any length involve a subject and an object. The subject does the acting; the object is…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, object, passive voice, present participle, subject
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Cathleen Townsend 