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First, let’s explain prepositions: they’re those little words that hang off phrases and usually indicate direction in some way—for example, for, on, over, as, to. Prepositions are mostly easy (and intuitive) to use, if English is your first language. But you probably have moments when two prepositions both ‘sound right’ in a phrase. So, which to choose? Let’s look at …
Both answers may be right, because the collective noun works differently for different generations. If you’re talking about recent generations, you might refer to the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, the Millennials and Generation Z. When you do, you probably say ‘the Baby Boomers are’ but ‘Gen X is’. In other words, you probably use plural verbs/pronouns for one …
Tempted to start a sentence with a conjunction—say, And or But or So or even Or? Go right ahead. We’re talking about a contentious topic. Some people refuse to use a conjunction anywhere except between two clauses. But (and I have just annoyed those people), grammar has bowed to common sense, and we may now use a conjunction to start …
