Posts Tagged ‘ subject ’

Eradicating Passive Voice

Dear Sexy Grammarian, Three men robbed the biggest jewelry store. The biggest jewelry store was robbed by three men. I had a great question from one of my students when we were talking about passive and active voice today. She asked, if the biggest jewelery store was robbed by three people and I wanted to [ READ MORE ]

Eroica’s Erotica, Episode 6: Run-on Sentences

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Run-on sentences have too many elements stuck together in one sentence. Eroica smiled [ READ MORE ]

Eroica’s Erotica, Episode 5: Sentences With Complex Predicates

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Don’t confuse compound sentences, in which both independent clauses have their own subject, [ READ MORE ]

Eroica’s Erotica, Episode 3: Fragment Sentences

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Fragment Sentences do not have the required grammatical elements: a subject and a [ READ MORE ]

Talking Dirty: Jackie & Jill’s Exciting Climax

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Predicate Nominatives Now you know what to do when the quotation is the [ READ MORE ]

Talking Dirty: Orgasms and Vibrators

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Direct Objects Dialogue is usually the direct object of a transitive verb denoting [ READ MORE ]

The Double-Was, or How To Be Sexy

Hello Sexy Grammarian, It’s 3AM, I can’t sleep, and my mind is playing with a question I can’t put to bed. So here I am, writing to beg your input in the continuing question of writing informally with style. For years, one sentence I read has stood out as the epitome of bad writing to [ READ MORE ]

4 Grammar Rules for Goal Setting

I’m pleased as punch to present my first guest blogger, Renata J. Razza. Renata coaches clients to harness their authenticity and intention to find an easier, more joyful way to be and to dare in work and in life. Go give his delightful blog some love. -Kristy In homage to the Sexy Grammarian, we’re going [ READ MORE ]

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