Fun puzzle to test your knowledge of grammar, parts of speech and common errors. |
Dear WDC Friends, I am passionate about using the English language correctly. We all make mistakes now and then, but this crossword deals with common errors and under-used elements of this fantastic and somewhat complicated language. Thanks for playing! PS, This is my first puzzle so any thoughts or advice would be really appreciated. |
1 | Cross your ? and dot your ? | ||
3 | "I" before "E" except after "C"- odd exception | ||
5 | The brackets around a qualifying or explanatory phrase | ||
6 | High-ranking, distinguished, famous (synonym) | ||
9 | Giving an inanimate thing human characteristics | ||
12 | Describing word for nouns | ||
13 | Describing word for verbs, often ending in -ly [this one's for the Americans (; ] | ||
16 | 'Wholely' and 'Holy' are... | ||
17 | Line ending in Poetry that is the same as a previous line | ||
18 | Breaks phrases | ||
20 | 'Thomas A. Swift's electrical rifle' Acronym | ||
22 | He said "..." | ||
24 | A few words, not a whole sentence | ||
25 | Verb change in relation to noun | ||
26 | Spoken word in written form | ||
28 | The study of language |
2 | It's like, you know, the same as | ||
4 | Will arrive at any moment | ||
5 | He said that ... | ||
7 | Third person plural pronoun | ||
8 | In-active sentence structure | ||
10 | Active noun or pronoun in a sentence | ||
11 | Noun or pronoun being acted upon by 2 down | ||
13 | Word to link phrases | ||
14 | Action word or phrase | ||
15 | Breaks sentences | ||
19 | Calling one thing by another name to suggest similarity between the two | ||
21 | Someone who talks too much | ||
23 | Plural: ... | ||
27 | Spoken word |
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