1,182 prompts matching "Keeping an informal register without slipping into slang"
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Dependent Versus Independent Clauses
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Noun Phrase: Finding The Headword
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What Job Does This Noun Phrase Do
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Phrasal Verbs: Put Off Versus Put Down
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Sequence Of Tenses Across A Whole Essay
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Using The Past Perfect Correctly
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When The Passive Voice Hides The Doer
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Cohesion: Making Every Pronoun Clear
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Modals On A Scale Of Obligation
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Perfect Modals For What Never Happened
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Mixed Conditionals Explained Simply
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Choosing The Reporting Verb That Fits
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Inverting After No Sooner
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Idioms With Fixed Grammar
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Types Of Nouns With Examples
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Countable Versus Uncountable Nouns
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Demonstrative Pronouns In Context
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Relative Pronouns: Who, Whom, Which, That
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Adjuncts Of Reason That Explain Why
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Nominalization Table: Adjectives To Nouns
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