Grammar Fragments and Run-ons (The Basics) Fragments and run-ons are two sentence errors that can make writing difficult to understand. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that is a dependent By Paul Nathan Negrean 12 Sep 2023
Grammar Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives A verbal is a word based on a verb that acts like a different part of speech. Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives are all verbals. Gerunds By Paul Nathan Negrean 23 Aug 2023
Grammar Appositive, Gerund, And Prepositional Phrases Phrases are groups of words that are used in sentences to describe a concept. One example of a phrase in a sentence is: The Bald By Paul Nathan Negrean 22 Aug 2023
Grammar Dependent and Independent Clauses There are two types of clauses, independent and dependent. Dependent clauses are sentences that require other sentences to make sense. One example of a dependent By Paul Nathan Negrean 21 Aug 2023
Grammar Sensory Images in Vir and Nin Locations: Vir and Nin, Croatia Season: Summer Sights: The statue of Branimir, a ninth-century king of Croatia, outside the city of Nin; The coral on By Mihai Negrean 10 Aug 2022
Grammar Sensory Images in Hoia Forest Place: Hoia Forest Season: Early Summer Sights: The majestic pine and oak trees standing on the hilltops; The lilliputian mushrooms hiding under leaves; The green By Mihai Negrean 16 Jun 2022
Grammar Sensory Images Place: Cluj Season of the year: Early Summer Sights The bright sun glinting off the Chios Lake like gold in a dragon's den. The dragon By Paul Nathan Negrean 16 Jun 2022
Grammar An Adventure (similes) Joey, who was as adventurous as Aragorn, jumped into a pit that was deep as a sewer, where he found a sword that was as By Paul Nathan Negrean 18 Apr 2022
Grammar Sensory Images Sensory images are literary devices that engage a reader by telling them what the character in the story sees, feels, touches, tastes, or smells. For By Mihai Negrean 7 Mar 2022
Grammar Sensory Images Sensory images are descriptions of certain things (basketball games, eating at a restaurant, playing a video game, etc.) using all five senses (touch, taste, smell, By Paul Nathan Negrean 7 Mar 2022
