Grammar and Punctuation

When we speak, or engage in conversation with another person, there are subtle queues (like short pauses or emphasis on certain syllables) that indicate things like questions, excitement and more. In writing, these types of emphasises are indicated by punctuation marks (or points as they are also called.) Punctuation marks include things like periods, which are used to indicate the end...

Gray and grey are two very similar words, both used globally. However, there are several differences between them. The question concerning the correct spelling of these two words is frequently asked on the Internet. Let’s look deeper into their origin and peculiarities of their usage in the past, as well as and today. Grey vs Gray - A little bit...

Every sentence in English must have a verb for it to become complete. Mostly the irregularity of the verb is about its past tense or its past participle. You can also understand how to put verbs into their participles and past participles by classifying them into regular or irregular from. When studying regular verbs in English is quite easy this...

What Is a Part of Speech? A part of speech can be defined as a group in which a word is allocated to, based on its syntactic functions. We have eight parts of speech in the English language. These are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The purpose of a part of speech is to denote the functions of a word in...

Clauses and phrases are standard components of sentence writing. When the two are combined with other elements of speech, or other sentences parts, clauses and phrases can help to establish a complex structure enabling your verbiage to establish or convey meaning. Knowing  and understanding the differences between the two is a necessary part of writing sentences that are not only grammatically...

Would you know what an infinitive was if you saw one? To cough, to crush, to laugh, to yell, to fall, to throw, to listen, to chuckle, to snort – each of these are infinitives. An infinitive will typically always start with to and be followed by the simplest form of a verb.  Like this: TO + SIMPLE VERB = INFINITIVE Keep...

Inseparable phrasal verbs When a verb is used together with an adverb or a preposition or both, they do not take same meaning as that of the original verb and such verbs are known as two-word verbs. What is inseparable? Inseparable in English means unable to be treated separately. Inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be separated, for instance, they can be transitive (takes...

What is a Pronoun? (Definition) A pronoun is a word that can be used in the place of a noun. In other words, they are substitutes for nouns in a sentence. Being a part of speech that can be used in the place of a noun, it is very important to have a perfect understanding of the same. We can,...

In English, nouns can be either countable or uncountable. Countable nouns (also known as count nouns) are those nouns that bare reference to something that can be counted. These types of nouns have both singular and plural forms. For example, dog / dogs, man / men. In the singular form, they might be preceded by an a or an a....

Relative pronouns Relative pronouns are used to introduce a type of dependent clause which is the relative clauses. Relative clauses modify a phrase, word or idea in the main clause. These words, ideas or phrases are known as antecedents. What is relative pronouns Definition: A relative pronoun is one which refers to previously mentioned nouns in a sentence. The nouns can either be...