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Julia,
Congratulations on the new site. It looks great!
I just joined this blog. I just have to comment on the nauseous vs. nauseated discussion. Nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea per the Merriam Webster On-line Dictionary.
Generally, I agree with the writer’s usage determination because it just “plays well” or as the Spanish say, “Suena bien,” or as the Italians say, “Suona bene.”
However, nauseous is and adjective, and as such, can function as the predicate adjective when following a linking verb. So technically, it is privy to function as a predicate adjective without constraints. There just aren’t any grammar rules limiting what an adjective can modify or when it can or cannot modify a noun.
That being said, I still agree with the writer’s assessment, stylistically.
That’s all I have to say about that.
Correction:
There just aren’t any grammar rules limiting what noun an adjective can modify or when it can or cannot modify a noun if placed properly.
Your web site is beautiful~ There’s a pleasing amount of white space between your words – too many web site designers don’t underst
Your new web site is beautiful! There’s a good amount of white space to balance the text – too many site designers don’t understant that text-jammed pages are a turn off. Your list of clients is both impressive and well presented.
One thing visitors to my web site – PenCentralOnline.com – have mentioned was that they had to hunt around for my rates. (I changed the arrangement after that!) So you might consider either listing a range of prices at the end of each description of service or a hyperlink from the name of the service directly to the place on your rate sheet that applies. Our potential clients don’t seem to want to go to much trouble to learn about us. One other tiny thing – the bullets on the left list are uneven. That’s an eye grabber for some people.
Good luck!
WriterLin