Grammar and Punctuation

Typically, a sentence is thought to be in passive voice whenever the subject of that sentence is the object that is being acted on. On the other hand, a sentence is considered to be in active voice when the subject is doing the active. Throughout the twentieth century, passive voice was prominent in scientific or academic writing; nevertheless, there has...

The apostrophe - what is it by definition? Many people make grammar mistakes either by missing the apostrophe or misplacing it. In English there are many punctuations marks each with different uses and an apostrophe is one of them. We shall discuss what an apostrophe is and get to know its uses and importance. Before we continue, we first need to know...

What are Transitive Verbs? This article will give you more information on transitive verbs and also provide transitive verbs examples. A transitive verb is a verb that can be used with a direct object; that is a noun, pronoun or phrase that talks about the thing or person that is being affected by the action stated in the verb. In other words,...

We all know that a preposition is a word that is combined with a noun or pronoun to give further description in terms of time, place or direction. Prepositions of location are words that are used to describe the place where a certain object is at a certain time. For you to achieve in identification of prepositions of direction, then you have...

What are Participles and How to Use Them Participles are forms of verbs that can be used in sentences to modify verbs, nouns, noun phrases and verb phrases. Participles can take the position of an adverb or adjective (they can act as). Participles can either be active (e.g., taking) or passive (e.g., taken). They end with -ed or -ing except for irregular...

In order to draft a well written essay, or some other form of academic paper, students must call upon their critical thinking skills. The younger the student is, the more immature their critical thinking ability might be, however, as time progresses these skills will mature. Regardless of the skill level of the writer, one of the elements that have the...

What are Commonly Confused Verbs? You might be wondering, what are these commonly confused verbs. You need to note that English can be a very tricky language. I say this because there are times when you are in a fix when trying to choose the most appropriate word in terms of spelling or meaning. This happens most of the times,...

Depending on how a particular sentence is worded, a verb can either be active or passive. Whenever a verb is active, it means that the subject of the sentence of the verb is the one that is doing the specific action. For example: The Huskies (subject) beat (active verb) the Bears in the last game. More than 30 people in my...

Technically speaking, media is the plural form of the word medium and will most regularly be used in conjunction with a plural verb – for example, “The media are highly relevant in today’s society.” That  being said, if you were to refer to multiple fortune tellers, the correct word would be mediums. There is a common confusion between media and...

Examples of Pronouns Case We are going to look at the various cases of pronouns in the English language. We have three main pronouns case in the English language; subjective, objective and possessive cases. Before going to these cases, it is important to note that most of the nouns, a number of indefinite pronouns and the pronouns ‘it’ and ‘you’ usually...