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First, the Boston Tea Party. Then the American Revolution. Then the Great Irregular Past Participle Wars. The US and UK have been fighting for hundreds of years, and as writers, you’ve been caught in the middle.  Call me Paul Bunyan because here I am to lay out the definitive list of past participles for both […]

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It’s: “I’ve been to hell and back” OR “I’ve been through hell,” but not “through hell and back”“Once in a while” is a phrase that stands alone: He goes once in a while.“A while” is a noun phrase meaning “an undefined period of time”: He will be there for a while.“awhile” is an adverb meaning […]

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