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... both of < /b> the < /b> gardening tools and also the < /b> DIY kit. bought or brought? BOUGHT is the < /b> past tense of < /b> to buy. She BOUGHT eggs, bacon and bread. BROUGHT is the < /b> past tense of < /b> to bring. They BROUGHT their ... spare BERTH on our boat. We are proud to announce the < /b> BIRTH of < /b> adaughter. beside or besides? Use BESIDE in the < /b> sense of < /...
... or Jack was there. (singular verb this time because ‘Jack’ (singular) is closer to the < /b> verb than ‘brothers’) (ii) Be careful to place each part of < /b> the < /b> ‘either...or’ construction correctly. ... eligible or legible? ELIGIBLE = suitably qualified LEGIBLE =abletoberead eloquent elude See ALLUDE OR ELUDE? . embargo (singular) embargoes (plural) See PLURALS (iv) . embarrass em...
... The < /b> advice remains the < /b> same. Break the < /b> sentence into two and see whether ‘I’ or ‘me’ sounds right: The < /b> burglar threatened my husband. The < /b> burglar threatened ME. The < /b> burglar threatened MY HUSBAND ... marks the < /b> break between speech and narrative, and that another comma (after the < /b> narrative and before the < /b> second set of < /b> inverte...
... drove ON TO test the < /b> brakes. As a matter of < /b> interest you can double-check the < /b> ‘separateness’ of < /b> the < /b> two words by separating them further: She drove ON because she wanted TO test the < /b> breaks. " ... help: He is the < /b> youngest OF < /b> four children. (pronounced ov) Jump OFF the < /b> bus. (rhymes with cough) Avoid the < /b> clumsy constructi...
... As verbal adjectives, they can begin sentences: HOWLING loudly, the < /b> baby woke everyone up. DESECRATED with graffiti, the < /b> tombstone was a sad sight. Take care that the < /b> verbal adjective describes an ... football, boxing UMPIRE = baseball, cricket, tennis refrigerator (abbreviation = fridge) regal or royal? REGAL =fitforakingorqueen; resembling the < /b> behaviour of < /b> a...
... used in these
expressions but there is no change to the
< /b> verb.
God SAVE the < /b> Queen.
God BLESS you.
Heaven FORBID.
submit submitted, submitting
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iv)
.
subtle
subtlety
subtly
success ... crash.
They THEMSELVES were there.
there See
THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE?
.
there is/there are See
SINGULAR OR PLURAL? (iii).
thesis (singular) theses (plural)
See
FOREIGN PLURALS
.
t...
... and
anticipate the < /b> answer. If this could be
one of < /b> the < /b> subject pronouns (I, he,
she, we or they), then you need ‘who’
at the < /b> beginning of < /b> the < /b> question:
Who/whom is there?
The < /b> answer could be: I am there.
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The < /b> kettle’s boiling. (= the < /b> water in the < /b> kettle)
"
The < /b> pen is mightier than the <...