Grammar and Punctuation

What it means to quote dialogue in an essay? It is good to understand the meaning of quoting dialogue in an essay. While you are writing your essay, you may want to refer to what some other person said directly without changing the phrase. This is where the application of quotes comes in; there are two ways in which you...

Asides for a few standard guidelines, spelling out numbers rather than using numerals is largely a matter of personal preference. The key is to remember to be consistent. Ie: Don’t spell out numbers half of the time and use figures the other half, it becomes confusing for anyone who might be reading your work. When it comes to deciding whether or...

How to write a quote Incorporating direct quotes into your writing is an excellent way to expand upon and back up your ideas with solid, fact based evidence. Additionally, quotes help to support your argument and can be used to develop your topic ideas or thesis statement. However, in order for your paper to look polished, and also to remove...

In all languages, not just English, writers use punctuation marks (or punctuation points as they are also called) to indicate things like pauses and full stops, to convey or demonstrate emotion, the ask questions or declare statements, and even to separate items in a list. The reason they do this is because writing, unlike speaking, does not have the same...

English, French, Russian, even Lithuanian – every language in the world has verb tenses. These tenses – past, present and future – explain a specific action, event, state or something else that has or will happen. The issue is that, despite all languages having verb tenses, not every language deploys the same verb tenses or use them in the same way....

What are idioms and phrasal verbs? Idioms and phrasal verbs are parts of English grammar which have specific and unique use within sentences and typically contribute to building sentence structure and hence meaning to the whole phrase. Therefore, it is essential that you understand the use of phrasal verbs and idioms within a sentence, the appropriate instances when they are to...

Passive verb tenses are used to make reference to the time of action in a sentence. It is important to note that passive verb tense and passive voice are not the same thing, and to try to avoid confusing the two. Granted, writing in passive voice requires the writer to use passive verb tenses. But, tense refers to time and...

In writing, we are always required to provide evidence for every argument we make. Therefore, we have to cite other people’s work in our papers. This is usually in the form of quotations. In some cases, the quote might be long and everything in it may be relevant. We, therefore, have to present the quote properly so that the reader...

What are transitional words  - Definition Before you get to applying transition words, it is good to understand what exactly are transitional devices.  Transitional words just from the word transit, means to bridge something from one point to another, therefore these are words used in an essay to link points and paragraphs to facilitate smooth flow. In addition to that, they...

English learners and writers are required to study different aspects of the language, i.e. nouns, verbs, adjectives etc. But that is not enough. They also have to consider the sentence as a whole. This means you have to learn basic sentence patterns. In this article, we have discussed what is a sentence pattern and why it is important. We have...