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Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers are frequent challenges for developing writers. Following is a great lesson on how to identify and fix misplaced modifiers.
When to Use Well and Good
All well and good? Well, perhaps not all of President Trump’s tweets include good grammar, mechanics, spelling, and proper word choice. Let’s take a look at…
When to Use Pour and Pore
Yesterday, President Trump took to his Twitter account to tweet a defense of his intentional capitalization of common nouns. However, English language patriots who pore over…
Superlative Modifiers
The superlative modifier indicates which is the most or least. Following is a great lesson on these modifiers.
Comparative Modifiers
Following is a quick lesson to teach comparative modifiers. If it works for your students, check out these related lessons: superlative modifiers, misplaced modifiers, dangling, and…
Word Crimes (Revisited)
"We're all role models: Kids are watchin' and they're listenin'." Check out a few of the more egregious examples of President Trump's tweet and speech word…
English Adjective Order
When using more than one adjective to modify the same noun or pronoun in a sentence, usually follow this order of adjectival functions. Lesson plans for…
There, Their, and They’re
Anything worth teaching is worth teaching well. Students (and even presidents) have problems using the there, their,and they're words appropriately and spelling them correctly. Indeed, linguists tend to…