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It gives me great pleasure to present this weekโs guest postโthe first ever on Grammaticus. Written by John G. Stamos, โA Flowerโs Songโ is a wonderful essay on the beauty of flowers and the joy they can give us. John is an accomplished gardener and garden designer from Michiana Shores, Indiana, and the man behind …
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A while ago I posted a lengthy grammar article about the conditional sentences in English, and in this post weโll read a poem by Rudyard Kipling that can be used to illustrate conditional clauses. It has some great vocabulary, too. (Not to mention lofty ideas!) Rudyard and John Kipling Titled โIfโโ, Kipling wrote this poem …
Helen Hunt Jackson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on 15 October, 1830. A prolific writer, poet, and activist dedicated to the rights of Native Americans, she also happened to be a classmate of anotherโnowadays much more famousโAmherst poet: Emily Dickinson.
If youโre a fan of TV shows like Midsomer Murders, youโll love this book series by Faith Martin. Itโs mostly because of the cold, grey and uninviting January weather that Iโve only wanted to stay in latelyโa book in one hand, a nice cup of tea in the other. And this winter Iโve been very …
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