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What Is a Neologism? Definition and Examples

I'm unsure of the answer. Just google it. Camila thinks her boyfriend might be ghosting her. The marketing team seems to take a lot of selfies. Many of us have spoken or heard expressions including words such as those identified above. While many principles of good grammar remained fixed in English, our vocabulary is always …

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Analogy vs. Metaphor: The Difference

Writing, at its most basic level, is the use of symbols such as letters, words, and punctuation to express thoughts, ideas, or information in a visible or readable form. It is the transmission of our mind's contents to others across space and time through a system they can apply for receipt. Writing can be descriptive, …

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Past Progressive Tense: Definition and Examples

We use verb tense in English to communicate when an action or state of being occurred. We also combine verb tense with grammatical aspect, which further indicates time-related characteristics such as the tense's duration, completion, or repetition. English has three tenses (past, present, future) and four aspects (simple, perfect, progressive, perfect progressive), creating twelve primary …

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Past Perfect Progressive

We use verb tenses in English to express if an action is in the past, present, or future. We also use what is referred to as grammatical aspect, which indicates time-related traits such as the repetition, completion, or length of an action. The four aspects are the simple tense, the perfect tense, the progressive tense, …

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Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous) Tense

English uses tense to indicate the timing of a verb's action in the present, the past, or the future. Traditional English includes twelve tenses: present X simple past progressive future perfect perfect progressive In this discussion, we'll review the present perfect progressive tense, which is also referred to as the present perfect continuous. Present Perfect …

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Interrogative Sentences: Usage and Examples

The English language includes four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative. This discussion will focus on interrogative sentences. What Is an Interrogative Sentence? A declarative sentence "declares" something (e.g., facts, thoughts, opinions), an exclamatory sentence imparts a strong expression or emotion, and an imperative sentence issues a command. An interrogative sentence asks a …

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Login vs. Log In: Which Is Grammatically Correct?

With everything happening online these days, there are a lot of email and password combinations floating around. But IT professionals aren't the only ones left scratching their heads sometimes:  Confusion about tech-related language can lead to questions and issues of grammar and spelling as well. In today's post, we'll examine the difference between login and …

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Present Progressive Tense

English uses the concept of tense to communicate an action's place in time. For example, in the sentence James threw the ball to first base, the infinitive verb “to throw” is written in the past tense to let us know that this action occurred in the past as opposed to the present or the future. …

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Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun introduces a question that seeks information. If the pronoun is not part of a question, it is not an interrogative pronoun. There are five interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and what. Examples Who is the new park commissioner? Of whom are we speaking? Whose are the shoes by the door? Which …

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Should Dog Breeds Be Capitalized?

Suppose you are writing about a dog—or even to your favorite dog—and need to mention a type or breed. Should the dog name be capitalized? This is a common question in American English for a couple of reasons. First, because dogs are a big part of our lives, they can appear frequently in writing. And …

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