Thursday, April 24, 2008

Since we were late, so we decided to go by taxi.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Since we were late, so we decided to go by taxi.

Correct: Since we were late, we decided to go by taxi.

Correct: We were late, so we decided to go by taxi.

GRAMMAR: We do not use since and so together in the same sentence. To link two clauses, we use just one conjunction (not two).

WORD OF THE DAY:

verdant
adjective

1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
2. of the color green: a verdant lawn.
3. inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.
verdancy [noun], verdantly [adverb]
Ex: He verdantly refurbished his new home.

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