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Wear a life-jacket to prevent drowning!

crnwebdev — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:00:55 +0000

drown means to be suffocated in water

It is conjugated as follows:
I drown (He drowns)
I will drown
I drowned
I have drowned
I had drowned
I will have drowned
I would drown
I would have drown
I am drowning
I have drowned

Do not use drownd (missing the e).

crnwebdev — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:22 +0000

seamless, seemless
seamless means without seams
seemless is not a word

taught, taut
taught is the past tense of teach
taut means under tension [like a rope]

Bring a dictionary with you

crnwebdev — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:00:45 +0000

Brang and brung are not proper conjugations for bring.

Use bring, brought and brought.

I bring my dictionary to every editing session.

I brought my dictionary home after school today.

He has brought his dictionary to class every day this week.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda

crnwebdev — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:00:46 +0000

The following “verbs” do not exist:
Woulda, coulda, shoulda, would of, could of, should of and must of.

The proper words are:
would have, could have, should have and must have.

For example, when would have is turned into a contraction, would’ve, and then written the way it sounds, you would incorrectly write would of. Let the ve in the contraction remind you that it stands for have.