May 2019
Beginner
192 pages
3h 44m
English
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Chapter 10
Tackling Other Troublemakers
IN THIS CHAPTER
Pluralizing regular and irregular nouns
Avoiding preposition problems
Negating double negatives
In this chapter, I shine the light on a trio of troublemakers so they’ll never trip you up again. First, I show you how to create plural nouns. Regular nouns are easy to pluralize, but some nouns come with their own set of rules. Next, I introduce you to prepositions, explain how to use them, and put you on high alert for common problems writers encounter with them. Finally, I wrestle with double negatives so you won’t never put them in your writing no more. (That was a triple negative, in case you were wondering.)
Creating Noun Plurals
In Chapter 2, I introduce you to nouns, which are the subjects of most sentences. (Pronouns, which I examine in Chapter 3, can also serve as subjects.) Nouns are people, places, things, and ideas, and you can change most of them from singular to plural pretty easily. Garden-variety nouns form plurals by adding the letter s. Check out Table 10-1 for some examples.
TABLE 10-1 Creating Plurals with Regular Nouns
|
Singular |
Plural |
|
xylophone |
xylophones |
|
nerd |
nerds |
|
eyebrow |
eyebrows |
Singular nouns that end ...
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