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| Top 10 Common Grammar Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) It’s normal to make mistakes, especially when you're on the road to learning a language. However, grammatical issues often prevent readers from understanding the text and listeners from correctly… |
| Chapter 5 - Subjunctive Mood “If I was you, I’d learn the subjunctive mood.” In this chapter, you’ll find that even best-selling novelists have trouble with the subjunctive mood. It pays to know the meaning o… |
| Defuse vs. Diffuse The bomb squad defused the bomb and contained the gas before it diffused in the air.English as a language never stops to amaze its learners. As easy as it might be, there are times when you find your… |
| How to form correct sentences – basic grammar Let us say the verb is “go”. The second form is “went”. The third form is “gone”. Simple past – I went to the park. Simple present – I go to the park every Monday. Simple future – I will go to the pa… |
| Direct Object The language English is considered one of the easiest languages that exist. But when it comes to learning it and trying to understand it in a better way we come to know about so many things that one … |
| augur - vocabulary augur - verb Note: Used as either a transitive verb (where the verb requires an object) or an intransitive verb (where the verb does not require an object). Also not… |
| complement verb A complement verb, or phrasal verb, comprises a verb and a preposition. We have hundreds of them in the English language: dredge up, drop out, make up, mess up, screw up, and the list goes on and on.… |
| Collective Noun Noun is the main part of a sentence and one of the most important pillars of English grammar. Noun is the name of thing, place or person in a sentence. A noun can further be classified into proper no… |
| main clause The main clause of a sentence is the independent clause—complete with subject, conjugated verb, and a third part. The third part is dictated by the verb. If the verb is transitive, the third part wil… |
| Verb Function 4 - Past-Participial Phrase (-ed Phrase) Every verb has a past participle, which we form by adding ‑ed for regular verbs and some other ending for irregular verbs. For the ‑ed verbs, we sometimes have to double up an ending consonant (occur… |
| shall, will In American English, the auxiliary verb will universally shows futurity for all persons: first, second, and third. Thus: I will go to the movie tomorrow. In British … |
| Adjectives - Phrases and Clauses It’s SHOUTING time again. Wake up. This stuff is important. There are two main types of word chunks, clauses and phrases. A clause is a bunch of words with a conjugated verb in it. A phrase is a b… |
| New vs. Knew If two or more words sound the same when spoken out loud, but have different meanings, they are called homophones. Be careful not to confuse homophones with homographs, which also have different mean… |
| Choose vs. Chose Chose" is the past tense of "choose". These two words can be used differently in sentences to express certain meanings. Beginning with "choose", a verb that can be expressed in both transitive and… |
| Lets vs. Let’s Lets vs. Let's A common misspelling that occurs more and more often is the wrong replacement of "lets" with "let's" and vice versa. Good news is that you can easily observe and fix this erro… |
| Resign vs. Re-sign Do you intend to re-sign the employment contract? Susan had resolved to resign from her position. Notice the above two sentences. Did you understand the meanings of resign and re-sign from them? If n… |
| Copular Verb A verb is a word in a sentence that is performing the action in the sentence.Example:He likes tea.In the above example, likes is the verb as it is referring to the action taking place which is like o… |
| Miss vs. Missing Miss vs. Missing An important misunderstanding, in regard to the word "missing", is the false impression that it functions as a noun. That happens because some people tend to associate it with wo… |
| Case of Pronouns - The Rule In formal settings, you must follow the rules governing the case of pronouns. If your sentence calls for the subjective case, you must use I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they (see … |
| Chapter 8 - “Affect” vs. “Effect” “Bad habits will effect your writing.” There are huge differences between the words affect and effect. Good writers know these differences and use the words correctly. Now you can… |
| “Impact” as a Verb Some writers try to solve the problem by refraining from using affect as a verb. Instead, they use the verb impact. Dictionaries do recognize the verb impact as meaning “to influence.” Thus: The poli… |
| Participle We read about the term participle somewhere around in grade 2 or 3 when our English teacher was telling us something about the tenses. Participle is a common term in English grammar and one should kn… |
| Offer vs. Offering If "offer" and "offering" are confusing and causing you to question their accuracy in several phrases, then this article will certainly help you clarify some essential aspects about these words. Chec… |
| Insight vs. Incite vs. Invite Incite (verb) To incite someone is to arouse them to do something unlawful or wrong. It can be to stir up an unnecessary controversy or to encourage violence by saying something that may not be true.… |
| main verb The main verb in a sentence is the verb in the main clause, also called the independent clause. This verb will appear in conjugated form, showing tense, person, number, and mood. Other conjugated ver… |
