What are compound sentences?
A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses. Lucy is tired. She will go to bed soon. 1 […]
What are simple sentences?
A simple sentence isn’t necessarily as simple as it sounds – it doesn’t have to be short, nor does it […]
Dependent clauses — happy days :)
Following last week’s introduction to the independent clauses, here we have the younger brother: the dependent clause. A dependent clause, […]
Clauses
Let’s go reeeaaalllly slowly. First off: all (proper!) sentences need at least one clause. What on earth is a clause? […]
Beautiful sentences
What’s the loveliest sentence in the English language? “And I shall go on talking in a low voice while the […]
internet or Internet?
Back in the day, the internet wasn’t considered a proper noun, so wasn’t capitalised.
What a week
And that wraps up my first week lecturing at the University of Salzburg. It’s been thrilling putting my brain back […]
Fringe funnies
This summer’s Fringe Festival spawned a plethora of funnies: here are the best of them according to the judges. Which […]
Man Booker Dozen
Preparing for my MA and for teaching advanced writing and creative writing (prose) from October I have been bathing in […]
Great writing resources
With my Linked:HR moderator hat on I was asked for a list of my favourite website resources, so I thought […]