Compound sentences are only possible by using connectives to join two main clauses together in a sentence. For example, you could say: ‘I like blue cars and I like red cars. ‘ Using the connective ‘and’ joins together two main clauses that would both make sense on their own. WhatRead More →
How preposterous is used in sentences? He knew his world too well to make preposterous mental demands upon it. For this was the preposterous nature of the imposition, and she claimed to have given birth to no less than eighteen of them. Her hope had been to escape loneliness, butRead More →
Santa Claus is an allegory that illustrates how one person can change the world by giving. The fisherman uses a sinking boat as an allegory for a bad marriage; if you ignore the leaks for a while, you both drown. How is allegory used in writing? How to Write anRead More →
Was discussing with friends the shortest possible sentence using all 26 letters of the English alphabet. A new winner has emerged! Trophy was held for years by “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.“(32 letters) But “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs”= 31! What is theRead More →
: the ways in which two or more things, groups, etc., affect each other when they happen or exist together. See the full definition for interplay in the English Language Learners Dictionary. What is a example for sentence? So, you might say, “Claire walks her dog.” In this complete sentence,Read More →
In the sentence “We could have as many as ten people come to dinner tonight,” could is used to say that it is possible that ten people will come to the speaker’s home for dinner (“I think that it is possible we will have as many as ten people forRead More →
When I was in high school, I could do my homework on the bus. … Doing my homework on the bus was something that I did do, not just something that I had the ability to do. Would is also a modal verb used to denote possibility, and it oftenRead More →