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How to write an about us for a new company

Copify

We all have to start somewhere, and your about page is still important even if you're a new company. The post How to write an about us for a new company appeared first on Copify Blog.

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How to Use a Dictionary

Grammar Underground

Don't know whether to choose "gotten" or "got"? Need to know the plural of "medium"? What's the correct spelling of "doughnut/donut"? Does your sentence require "swam" or "swum"? To most people, these answers are out of reach. But once you understand how to use a dictionary, a whole world of answers opens up. The post How to Use a Dictionary first appeared on Grammar Underground with June Casagrande.

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The couple is or the couple are?

Grammar Underground

The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective nouns like “couple,” “team” and “majority.”. Collective nouns are singular in form, “a team,” but refer to a group of two or more people or things. In other words, they’re singular and plural at the same time.

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