Shrunk. See
shrink.Shrink, shrank, shrunk. An
irregular verb in its main,
past tense, and past participleforms.
Similarly. See
conjunctive adverb.Simile. Comparisons of things to other things often enliven writing by adding an unexpected dimension to words Like a dropped football,
the stock market bounced up, down, and every which way When such direct comparisons use the words “like”
or as they are called “similes.”
This stylistic device should be used with caution since many of the obvious comparisons have already been thought of by other writers, and have appeared so often in writing that they have become trite, or clichéd: The champagne
owed like water See also metaphor, style, cliché.Since. A
preposition governing the
objective case: No one has done as well since her.”
Also a
subordinating conjunction of time and causality.
Sing, sang, sung. An
irregular verb in its main,
past tense, and past
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