My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English

A
LGERNON
C
HARLES
S
WINBURNE
, An Interlude
Swot’s Corner: The Swinburne verse may be very pretty, but it’s another
example of poets being allowed to break the rules: neither is more to blame ,
please, Algernon!
The most worstest thing you could say
As with comparatives, you need only one superlative, so all of these are howlers:
It is most nicest .
I think that’s the biggerest .
She is the most wonderfullest cook.
He is the bestest foolballer Manchester United ever signed.
He is the most best footballer Manchester United ever signed.
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ND NOW WE
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LL MOVE ON
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ONJUNCTIONS
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Conjunctions are joining words; they are used when we want to join two words,
phrases, clauses or sentences together.
Friend or
foe
Sad but true
Old and
wise
Rich though
mean
There  are  four  kinds  of  conjunction:  co-ordinating  ,  sub-ordinating  ,
correlative and compound .
Co-ordinating  conjunctions  join  sentences  (or  parts  of  sentences)  of  equal
importance. They can be remembered by the mnemonic FANBOYS :

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