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

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

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

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Grammar Girl here. Last week we talked about capitalizing words in the business world. Today we're going to talk about capitalization in general. If you recall, in English, we capitalize proper nounswords that name a specific thing or person, words s

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Teacher: A noun is the name of a person or thing. Now, who can give me a noun? First boy: A cow. Teacher: Very good. Another noun? Second boy: Another cow. 教师:名词就是一个人或一种物的名称。现在谁能给我举出一个名词? 第一个男孩:一头奶牛。 教师:

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is generic personal pronouns. Nolan in Victoria, British Columbia, asked the following question: Just wondering about whether to use she or he in terms of giving examples. Since she was written out of the literature f

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a

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