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GENRES There are two categories within the world of texts fiction invented and non fiction non invented The down categories e g epic lyric poetry and drama are called genres The concept genre descends from the Greek word genos that means family or kind A genre is a category of texts both fiction...

Hi Locika The construction is Not for nothing is with the verb is coming right after nothing and make sure you capitalize Latin It s pretty informal You may want to say something else like It s not a coincidence that and that morphine is just a step away from Morfeus the god of dreams Don t...

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent newspapers in...

Writing topic What are the key problems facing the world s cities in the 21st century and what can be done for them As the population of cities all over the world increases authorities are trying to improve To as in in order to must be followed by an infinitive e g to eat to drink to write to...

In these different constructions different types of things are ellipted 1 My father bought me a cell phone which is as small as a mouse Which is is understood or ellipted Which is as small as a mouse is an adjective clause that modifies phone Actually is small after mouse is also ellipted which...

No this site is specifically about marking written work An F paper is a fail if you google faulty diction you ll come across lots of sites concerned with proof reading exam and essay marking etc This is a teacher s correction code for students re marking essays http www2 bc edu lindgret ALH1...

The Oxford Dictionary seems to compile words and their usage that are were used in literature whatever pedagogic grammarians say about them My Oxford Dictionary OED CD version 2 0 2000 classes to not do as peculiar constructions It says occasionally an adverb or adverbial phrase is inserted...

girding on my armour I m coming to rescue my mother tongue from the evils of translation engines chuckle I ve never liked those translation programs and I see I have good reasons for it Hola a todos mi español es muy pobre sé lo que nnecesito escribir en mi propio idioma pero no puedo encontrar...