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further to your letter

All writers should junk this expression.See enclosed please find, please find enclosed, encl...

Further vs. Farther

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furtive - vocabulary

adjective
Done or taken or used surreptitiously, on the sly; shifty. We are a sad lot, the cell biologists. Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we are forced to be lonely admirer...

fused participle

The great grammarian Henry Fowler coined the term fused participle. The structure consists of a noun or pronoun followed by a present participle, that is, an ‑i...

Fused Participle - Noun or Pronoun and -ing Phrase

Get ready for a can of worms, for we are about to discuss what Henry Fowler called fused participles.Compare these two sentences:1. She cannot tolerate a baby ...

Fused Participle - Solutions

Whenever you use a noun or pronoun followed by an ‑ing verb, you must figure out whether the issue of the fused participle even arises. Figure out what noun function you need in your sentence. Is it a direct object? An object of a prepositio...

Fusion vs. Fission

The terms 'fusion' and 'fission' are often used in scientific contexts, especially in nuclear physics and chemistry. Though they may sound similar, they refer to fundamentally different processes involving atomic nuclei. This essay delves into the...

Future Continuous Tense

Early learners of English language come across tenses and have to master them before moving further with the...

Future Indefinite Tense

Tenses hold the pillars of English grammar and keep it standing. Without tenses, English or any other langua...

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Tenses refer to the part of English grammar that contribute to the format...

Future Perfect Tense

Tenses are the main component of English grammar which contribute to the ...

future tense

The future tense shows actions or states of being that will occur in the future. Please note, however, that we can show futurity in other ways as well. The simple present tense can show futurity: The game begins tonig...

Future Tense - How to Form

When the activity you describe isn’t happening right now (present tense) and didn’t happen yesterday (past tense), perhaps it’ll take place tomorrow (future tense).Other Ways of Expressing FuturityIn English, we have ...

Future vs Feature

Future Perhaps, we use the word ‘future’ everyday to refer to what is going to happen next. Future is a time after the present (now). In English (and other languages), future is a...

future-perfect progressive tense

There are six progressive tenses. Some grammarians refer to the progressive tense as the progressive aspect of a verb. The progressive tense shows an “ongoingness” of the action denoted by the verb.The progressive tense is formed by ...

future-perfect tense

The perfect tenses are formed by using the auxiliary verb to have and adding the past participle of the main verb
. Thus, the future perfect is for...

future-progressive tense

There are six progressive tenses. Some grammarians refer to the progressive tense as the progressive aspect of a verb. The progressive tense shows an “ongoingness” of the action denoted by the verb.The progressive tense is formed by ...

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    Identify the sentence with correct use of the participle phrase:
    A He wrote a letter, inspired by the beautiful scenery.
    B Running quickly, the finish line was in sight.
    C She listened to the music played by the band.
    D Broken by the news, she couldn't speak.

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