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精確英文寫作練習: 俳句的使用(十十十十十三)
10 hours ago
by tedknoy
精確英文寫作練習: 俳句的使用 使用俳句來增進寫作的精確度, 通常一個俳句有三行,使用5-7-5的音節結構. 您也可以一次寫作一個以上的俳句來加大故事內容或更集中故事焦點. 這是我今日寫的俳句. 您也可以在以下區塊上傳您精彩的俳句作品. Reflection of sun in calm, rippling waters forms illusion of gold Aimlessly moving gold pieces, slivers of sun, retreat with nightfall The same sun shines on spinning Tibetan prayer ...
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Two Words/Phrases That Bug Me
11 hours ago
by Laura Marcella
I’ve known about something superduper awesome for a while but then I completely missed the post last week mentioning it. Whoops! Worst Critique Partner Ever Award goes to me. So anyway, my blog buddy Saumya Dave HAS AN AGENT!!!!!! Woohoo!! *tosses glittering confetti* *passes out cupcakes* I’ve read ...
Wavy Lines - lauramarcella.blogspot.com · Rank: 133,670 · 18 references
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A bona fide boner
12 hours ago
by Pat and Stewart
Q: Does “bona fide” require a hyphen? In Woe Is I, I read these two phrases: “a bona fide pebble” (on page 160) and “bona-fide adverbs” (on page 221). Is there a difference? A: You found a style mistake in the new third edition of Pat’s grammar and usage book! The adjectival phrase “bona fide,” acco ...
The Grammarphobia Blog - grammarphobia.com/blog · Rank: 15,769 · 162 references
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Exclamation Points Anonymous
14 hours ago
by Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravy
My name is Katie, and I have a problem. Not the most original way to start a blog post, I know, but I feel the need to absolve myself, to confess my sings, and to allow you to pass what judgement you will on the person I really am. And the person I really am is a person who abuses the delightful for ...
Chicken Noodle Gravy - chickennoodlegravy.com · Rank: 164,402 · 19 references
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HOMEWORK
14 hours ago
by Sandra Àlvarez
5th LEVEL A For Monday 13th, read the text on pages 66 and 67 if you still hadn't read it for our last lesson. Read the information on reported on your grammar copies and on the blog and then do the language focus section on page 68, exercises 1 and 2 (reported statements) and 1 and 2 (reporting ver ...
Sandra Àlvarez - EOI REUS - sandraalvarez-eoireus.blogspot.com · Rank: 183,268 · 1 reference
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Home in on and hone in on
17 hours ago
by Andrew Shields
It begins with this status update from someone on Facebook: Do people now accept "to hone in on" as in sharpen one's attention on something — as opposed to "to home in on"? After a dozen or so comments that all denounced "hone in on," I entered the fray by referring the crowd to the Eggcorn Database ...
andrewjshields - andrewjshields.blogspot.com · Rank: 101,115 · 49 references
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Ding!
22 hours ago
by Robert Gerard Hunt
Encamped at opposite poles of the English-speaking world are extremists whose habits annoy the general population. At one end are those who are either profoundly ignorant of correct usage or completely indifferent to it. Tell one of them that he just misused the possessive your in place of the contr ...
Robert Gerard Hunt - robertgerardhunt.com · 1 reference
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Song-Titles
// music
23 hours ago
by Scott
You know what's good? The hyphen in Toni Braxton's 'Un-Break My Heart'. It'd be nice to think its inclusion was a purely artistic one, reflecting the drama in the song itself - specifically the pauses in Braxton's wrought cries of 'un-break' and 'un-do', but chances are it's not something anyone inv ...
In At Number 40 - inat40.blogspot.com
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For Christ’s sake, learn to spell!
1 day ago
by curiosikat
I’ve been more than a little put off recently by all the spelling mistakes and typos in blog posts I read. Okay, I admit it, I’m a Nazi when it comes to spelling and grammar, it’s in the blood! And being an editor it’s just what I do. I’m the first to admit my writing has plenty of mistakes scattere ...
Curiosikat - curiosikat.wordpress.com · 1 reference
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