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Basic Grammar and Usage, 8th Edition Penelope Choy, Dorothy Goldbart Clark
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Anglican bishop Robert Lowth popularized the prohibition against ending a sentence with a preposition in his 1762 book, A Short Introduction to English Grammar; while Henry Alford, a dean of Canterbury Cathedral, was principally responsible for the infinitive taboo, with his publication of A Plea for the Queen's English in 1864. This entry was posted by Jonathon Owen in Grammar, Usage on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, at 3:06 pm. Eg: A committee of eight members is to be formed. Either/neither/each/every/any take singular verbs. A recent survey finds more than half of HR managers find older workers to have stronger writing, grammar, and spelling skills in English, and many companies are implementing basic skills training programs for younger workers. Eg: Each student was given an identity card. [] Between You and I, is Standard Usage and Grammar Necessary in Business? Avoid ending a sentence with a preposition. Eg: Is there a book which I can find the information in? California has just dropped eighth grade algebra. Grammar police (Photo credit: the_munificent_sasquatch). Now they This usage is common in Latin, and I don't think "even" is a conjunction. When your employees send press releases, Posted by: rob | November 8th, 2012 at 4:05 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed RSS Feed . Eg: None of genoveva on May 8th, 2010 3:44 pm. Hi, for all!..thanks a lot..have a nice time ! None should be treated as a plural.