Grammar.com »
Found 1,295 articles matching: help+out+grammar Page #12
Font size:
| Serial-Comma Rule - Red, White, and Blue When you use a coordinating conjunction to join two elements of a series, no comma comes before the conjunction. But when you join three or more elements, the preferred rule … |
| Conclusion to the Section on Grammatical Mistakes We hope you have enjoyed, and profited from, this discussion on common grammatical mistakes. If you have, we hope you’ll tell your friends about Grammar.com. You can download this entire discussio… |
| Conclusion to the Section on Punctuation We hope you have enjoyed, and profited from, this discussion on the rules of punctuation. If you have, we hope you’ll tell your friends about Grammar.com. We hope you’ll use our eBooks and Grammar… |
| nominal clause A nominal clause is a group of words with a conjugated verb in it that acts as a noun. Also called a noun clause, this structure can fulfill virtually all functions of a noun. A nominal clause starts… |
| banal - vocabulary banal - adjective Drearily commonplace, hackneyed, trite, lacking in originality. If you killed off Lizzie McGuire's entire family and sent her to live with an evil stepmother and tw… |
| Pronouns - Words Substituting for Words In this section, we’ll learn about pronouns. We have seven kinds in the English language. They cause all kinds of problems, even to people in positions of power. After all, haven’t you heard someone … |
| Seven Varieties of Pronouns The first pronouns our forbears invented were the (1) personal pronouns, words that could substitute for Igor, Amber, and other members of the tribe. Then they invented (2) reflexive and intensive pr… |
| “There is” - Huge Grammatical Mistake I’ll go out on a limb: Sometime today, most people reading this section will make this grammatical mistake, perhaps not in writing, but certainly in speech. Listen carefully to your sentences startin… |
| 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… |
| A Useful Glossary of Online Casino Bonus Terminology So, you're curious to see what all the online gambling hype is about? We don’t blame you! However, dipping your toes into the fascinating world of digital casinos can feel a bit overwhelming. With so… |
| Chapter 2 - “Could of” “We could of used the right helping verb.” We understand where this mistake came from. It came from speech. The word “have” when joined with “could” to form “could have” sounds a … |
| The correct way to use commas with names and titles Case 1 Look at the sentences below – • My friend John, is a good painter. • My friend, John is a good painter. Which of these sentences has the commas placed correctly? … |
| Chapter 9 - “It’s” vs. “Its” “Should you take out it’s apostrophe?” Hardly a day goes by without my seeing the use of its when the writer means it’s. Or it’s when the writer means its. The two expressions dif… |
| contraction A contraction shows the coming together of two or more words with intervening sounds (in speech) omitted or with intervening letters (in writing) omitted. Typically, the contraction brings together a… |
| as, like Back in the olden days, when tobacco companies advertised on TV, Winston used the slogan: Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. In that sentence, the word like |
| Subjective vs. Objective Statements that are facts based on evidence and opinions taken from valued judgments need to be differentiated in today’s extremely practical life. To differentiate such statements two terms; subject… |
| Nerve Wracking vs. Nerve Racking With today’s hectic schedules, everyone in their life experience at least one stressful situation every day. Anything which causes a feeling of stress or anxiety to an individual is referred to nerve… |
| Moot vs. Mute Inexperienced English users can easily get tricked by “moot” and “mute”, maybe even tempted to pronounce them the same. But even though they sound similarly, they are spelled quite differently and su… |
| 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… |
| Maybe vs. May be English language has a lot of compound words that refer to two completely different words being joined together to give a meaning that is usually different or same from the original meaning of the tw… |
| In Route vs. En Route The words we will be discussing today are taken from the French Language and when words are taken from other languages, the spellings are often mixed by the bilinguals, making it confusing for others… |
| Other One-Word Adjectives Adjectives became a recognized part of speech in the 1700s. They belong to a larger category, which grammarians sometimes use to describe words and groups of words: Adjectives (and adverbs) are calle… |
| Imaginative vs. Imaginary Imaginative” and “imaginary” are two words that look and sound very familiar – and this is the main reason why they are often confused and used with the wrong meaning. Some people think that they are… |
| Altogether vs. All together It was an altogether decision to agree to all terms all together.If the above sentence has confused you to the core and you cannot decide if it’s right or wrong, worry not. We are here to help you wi… |
| Then vs. Than The policeman’s strategy was better than the burglar’s so he waited for him to make a move first and then arrested him. Did you notice than and then in the above sentence? Do you sometimes get confus… |
