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Tip #464: Use repetition ...

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Tip #464: Use repetition to emphasize a feeling or an idea.

For example: Atoms come and go in a molecule, but the molecule remains; molecules come and go in a cell, but the cell remains; cells come and go in a body, but the body remains; persons come and go in an organization, but the organization remains.

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This week’s quiz:

Choose the correct word:
  1. Our company (services/serves) the northwestern area of the state.
  2. Please (sit/set) the trophy on the table.
  3. The president and the treasurer agreed to withhold (their/his) information.

Comments:

Carmen Laube commented about Tip #463: Re the toward and towards question, one is a British treatment and the other a Yankee treatment, but I can never remember which is which.

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Quote of the week:

"If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." (Lucy Larcom)

Answers:

  1. Our company (serves) the northwestern area of the state.

  2. Please (set) the trophy on the table.

  3. The president and the treasurer agreed to withhold (their) information.

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