HANDCESTORS, all the ancestors never to be born due to male masturbation.
> I wiped those handcestors off on a dirty sock.

by Mignon Fogarty Today we turn to run-on sentences. I bet a lot of you think that run-on sentences are just really long sentences that go on and on like the Energizer bunny. But actually, run-on sentences are sentences that lack punctuation; they ca

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(206) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is the complex-compound sentence. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Most writers worth their fingertip calluses begin as avid readers. We read books, magazines, and websites indiscriminately until we start to notice the w

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We can use comparative adverbs to show change or to make comparisons: 我们可以用比较性副词体现改变或比较两者的不同: I forget things more often nowadays. She began to speak more quickly. They are working harder now. We often us

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: A listener, Akbar Gandi in Iran, is asking for an explanation of countable and uncountable nouns and the difference between a name and a noun. RS: English teacher Lida Baker has t

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Grammar Girl here. Today, Julie Wildhaber, who trains writers and editors at Yahoo!, will explain a few strategies for keeping copy compact and for getting rid of deadwood: words and phrases that add length but not value. The podcast edition of this

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(231) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to format questions. You think you already know this, don't you? I wonder if you're right. Everybody knows how write a plain vanilla question: What's new? They're called direct questions. But there are trickier

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A: I'm really happy that you came to visit me. B: I really missed you a lot. A: I've been missing you like crazy. B: I don't understand why you haven't come to visit me. A: Lately, I've been quite busy. B: Tell me what you've been up to. A: I've real

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A: I'm really glad that you came to see me. B: I had to. I was missing you a lot. A: I was missing you too. B: So, why haven't you visited me? A: I've actually been busy lately. B: What have you been doing? A: I've just been working really hard. B: I

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A: Thanks for coming to see me today. B: It's no problem. I was really missing you anyway. A: I missed you too. B: Why haven't you tried to come see me then? A: I've been really busy. B: Doing what? A: Working. B: I would've come to see you sooner, b

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Supplement: Some Useful Sentences on Transport Insurance 有关装运和保险的常用语句 (1) We have been put to considerable inconvenience by the long delay in delivery. We must insist on immediate delivery, otherwise we shall be compelled to c

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By Lisa Bryant Ivry-sur-Seine, France 24 July 2006 Church attendance in Europe has been steadily decreasing in recent decades. Traditional Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have a hard time drawing in new members, particularly young people. But

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Mari: Hi, this is Mari. I'm here with Ron. Today, we'll talk about types of entertainment and how often we do these things. Let's first start with watching TV. Ron, how often do you watch TV? Ron: Usually I watch TV every day. I don't watch TV very l

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Traveling Iraq's highways is a perilous undertaking, and few understand the risks as well as the country's truckers. It is a job where ambushes are expected and breakdowns can be deadly. But one group of trucker

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As CES, the biggest electronics trade show in the America kicks off this week in Las Vegas, US TV makers will be doing their best to convince consumers to press pause on HD television, and make room in their place for Ultra HD television. It's the la

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This year, TV makers are doing their best to give huge-screen fanatics more breathing room. New ultrahigh-definition sets were shown off Monday by LG Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Samsung Electronics at the international CES gadget show in Las Vegas.

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