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Pronouns and Their Antecedents Today were going to talk about pronouns that don't clearly match up with the nouns they are supposed to replace. Readers become unhappy when they have to guess what noun a writer is talking about, or readers may even ch

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Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this

英语语法：108 When to Use Articles Before Nouns

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

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A group of people, who are against genetically modified plants, destroyed 375 pine trees in Rotorua during Easter. The trees were planted by a government forestry research organization called Scion. Scientists at Scion are trying to develop pine tree

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster: more about business communication. We talked a couple of weeks ago about the value of a firm handshake and how it's okay to just say your name and nice to meet you when you're introducing yourself. Tod

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster: more about business communication. We talked a couple of weeks ago about the value of a firm handshake and how it's okay to just say your name and nice to meet you when you're introducing yourself. Tod

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