When my college students wrote about Hemingway’s story “Soldier’s Home,” many of them failed to show the possessive case of Krebs. It is tricky to show the possessive case of words that end in “s.” You can choose either of the following forms to show possession of the name Krebs: Krebs’ Krebs’s When you talk…
Tag: Grammar Rules
Verb Tenses: Don’t Mix Them – Grammar Rules
Grammar Rules! Use Them or Lose Them! Today, I’m posting several grammar rules that #writers might like to review. Let’s Review Using Verb Tenses: If you begin writing a book review, a tweet about your story, or a pitch about your book, etc., in one tense. Don’t Mix Tenses. Example: Miss Emily is not…
Prepositions: Grammar Rules
The Rule for Prepositions Is That You Should Not Position A Preposition at the End of A Sentence, Phrase, or Clause. Like Most Rules, However, There Are Exceptions to That Rule, but Try to Rearrange Your Sentences So That You Have No Dangling Prepositions. Yet, don’t take this rule too far: “This is the type of errant…