langauge Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/langauge/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:54:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg langauge Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/langauge/ 32 32 Numbers Racket: Incorporating Numbers and Math in Your Writing https://old.wordsbyapro.com/numbers-racket-incorporating-numbers-math-writing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=numbers-racket-incorporating-numbers-math-writing Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:52:17 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1940 If you’re like most professional writers, you avoid any math more complicated than balancing your checkbook. You might not even do that anymore, since you can just check your bank balance on your phone. A math-free life—how great is that? In some cases, however, you may incorporate numbers or mathematics into your writing—in scientific or […]

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]]> What the Heck is Antecedent-Pronoun Agreement? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/what-the-heck-is-antecedent-pronoun-agreement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-heck-is-antecedent-pronoun-agreement Wed, 18 Nov 2015 02:22:54 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1478 From The Rocky Mountain English Professor (aka Susan Metzger) “Somebody forgot to pay their bill.” Aaaaa! Antecedent-pronoun agreement. Can you hear me screaming all the way from Colorado? What’s wrong with this sentence? For those who have an ever-so-faint memory of the term antecedent-pronoun agreement from middle school, this sentence may sound wrong. That’s because […]

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