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Back Yard, Backyard, or Back-Yard?

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Which is correct? Backyard, back yard, or back-yard?

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Parallel Comparisons: When You Need “Other” or “Else”

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Expressing comparisons can be tricky. You must be sure that you are always comparing like things. In other words, be sure that your comparisons are parallel:

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Comparing Comparable Things

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Fixing a common, but little noticed grammar error: making logically incongruous comparisons. Or, comparing things you don’t mean to compare.

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Dumb and Dumber: 5 Common Errors with Comparatives and Superlatives

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Adjectives and adverbs come in three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. When comparing or contrasting two or more things, we use the comparative or superlative degrees. Avoid the following common errors.

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