Samuel Roberts: Bad ladders and dialogue that stops halfway through a sentence because you triggered more dialogue Every ladder in GTA could be my last. As summed up nicely inChris's round-up of the best and worst game laddersand the gif above, GTA's ladders feel like a 50/50 punt. I...
You never start a sentence with the word 'And'. You're welcome. And thanks for pointing that out. It feels good to finally catch the grammar Nazi, doesn't it? Unfortunately you'll have to wait a bit longer because it's not incorrect to start a sentence with a conjunction. I...
Just as passively going along with what Word dictates will not yield standard format in manuscripts, its color and underlining preferences are not proper in a query, either. Chant it with me now, long-time readers: every word in a document sent to the publishing industry should be printed in...
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Apart from winning the iF DESIGN AWARD Gold, Xiaomi won over 30 design awards this year. Would you be able to tell us in a sentence the common design experience these products all symbolize? LN: These products all manifest the design concepts of Xiaomi's ecosystem: Rationality – internal ha...
3. The first sentence of the first paragraph gives the time and place, that is the setting of the accident: Then it introduces the protagonist, or the character of the accident. The following contents in the first paragraph are a few words given to pave the way for the mai...
to award by verdict or after consideration:A decision was given for the defendant. to inflict as a punishment on another; punish by; impose a sentence of:The judge gave him five years. to pledge, offer as a pledge, or execute and deliver:He gave her his promise. Can you give bond?
I could pick up the odd word in the sentences of the men; their daughters did not say a word. My suspicions were further raised when a sentence directed at me, with accompanying gestures directed at the young woman, had a word I recognised. The word I recognised was, ‘love’. Wit...
Note: It’s important to note that the placement of the main clause and the concessive clause can vary. You can start with the main clause and then introduce the concession, or vice versa. The choice depends on the writer’s emphasis and the flow of the sentence. Although/Even though it...