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2. English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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   A few verbs are regular in their spoken forms, but have irregular spelling. The irregular weak verbs (being in normal use) can consequently be grouped as follows: Verbs with vowel shortening: creep, flee, hear, keep, leap, shoe (when shod is used), sleep, sweep and weep. (Of these, creep, flee, leap, sleep and weep derive from verbs that were ...

3. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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   Inflected forms (bewares, bewared, bewaring) are considered obsolete. bid [in auctions etc.] – bid – bid. outbid – outbid – outbid. overbid – overbid – overbid. rebid – rebid – rebid. underbid – underbid – underbid. Weak. With coalescence of dentals. bid [meaning to request or say] – bid/bade – bid/bidden.

4. Split infinitive - Wikipedia

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   For example, Curme's Grammar of the English Language (1931) says that not only is the split infinitive correct, but it "should be furthered rather than censured, for it makes for clearer expression." The Columbia Guide to Standard American English notes that the split infinitive "eliminates all possibility of ambiguity ," in contrast to the ...

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   Sedina Banks, a lawyer in Greenberg Glusker's environmental practice, said her firm has seen an uptick in case filings that go after alleged climate wrongdoers with traditional public nuisance ...

6. Parallelism (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   Parallelism (grammar) In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. [1] The application of parallelism affects readability and may make texts easier to process. [2]

7. Nonsense verse - Wikipedia

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   Literature. Nonsense verse is a form of nonsense literature usually employing strong prosodic elements like rhythm and rhyme. It is often whimsical and humorous in tone and employs some of the techniques of nonsense literature.

8. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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   Lay and its principal derivatives (laid, laying) are correctly used in these examples: Now I lay me down to sleep. The chicken is laying an egg. Lie is an intransitive verb and cannot take an object. Lie and its principal derivatives (lay, lain, lying) are correctly used in these examples: My mother lies [not lays] down after meals.

9. Plain English - Wikipedia

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   Plain English (layman's terms) is a mode of writing or speaking the English language intended to be easy to understand regardless of one's familiarity with a given topic. It usually avoids the use of rare words and uncommon euphemisms to explain the subject. Plain English wording is intended to be suitable for almost anyone, and it allows for ...