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About that Intro Prepositional Phrase
Here is one of the questions asked about the intro prepositional phrase and the comma, and here is my answer. We were talking about a short prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence that is a simple modifier. That prepositional phrase does not need a comma. What about those instances where a short prepositional [phrase] at the beginning of …
The Dilemma of “Affect” and “Effect”?
Here is the explanation right out of my new book on word pairs, which will be out this fall. Email me if you want practice exercises. We don’t need to worry about the word affect, when it is pronounced with the short a. First, there is no problem “hearing” the a and therefore getting the right word. It is the …