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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Do I Have to Repeat "a" or "the" in a List?

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In my most recent online writing class , I noticed that when deleting unnecessary words from a sample sentence, some students wanted to keep the word the before every item in a list, and some wanted to take it out.     Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script?

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Writing & Grammar: Should I Put a Comma after But?

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by Jennie Ruby Here are some sample sentences to consider:   "[Switching from video games to electric cars] may not sound like the most obvious career shift, but , given Frohnmayer's location, it might be a smart one." If so, consider attending Jennie's  Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Who versus Whom

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  So far, we have seen only action verbs in the sample sentences.   Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class. The word who/m is the subject of had , so the correct choice is who.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Acronyms Happen

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In the sample paragraph above, I defined LENTs backward, giving the acronym first, and then its definition in parentheses. About the Author: Jennie Ruby is a veteran IconLogic trainer and author with titles such as "Editing with Word 2003 and Acrobat 7" and "Editing with MS Word 2007 " to her credit.

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