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| Conjugating Regular Verbs Conjugating Regular Verbs - Charts Here are completed charts showing the conjugation of the regular verb to skip: Present Tense, Regular Verb Here’s the pre… |
| Common Grammatical Mistakes We have broken some of the longer topics into multiple pages. So watch for references to “Pages 1-2-3” at the bottom of the topic. Click the next page number to continue reading. Pleas… |
| none, singular or plural This indefinite pronoun may take either a singular or a plural verb. Don’t pay any attention to the myth that none always requires a singular verb. It doesn’t. In the words of New… |
| Cloth vs. Clothes In the case of "cloth" and "clothes", we are not necessarily talking about a misspelling or about completely different senses of the words, but about the confusion often created between them. "Cloth"… |
| Hooves vs. Hoofs Hooves vs. Hoofs Plural is not a very difficult notion in English, and rules that apply in order to form plural nouns are quite simple, generally only adding an "-s" at the end of the word, after … |
| Antecedents - Number and Gender Pronoun Agreement You must use a plural pronoun to refer to a plural noun, a singular pronoun to refer to a singular noun. This rule is called agreement in number. Thus: The young… |
| plural Nouns and pronouns are either singular or plural. Nouns typically form their plurals by adding ‑s, (boys), ‑es (torches), or ‑ies (cities). Some plural words, like children and fish, do not use -s. P… |
| Octopi vs. Octopuses How simple is it to identify the correct form of the plural of a word, in a rich vocabulary where there are plenty of rules regarding word formation, plural formation etc.? To get more specific, when… |
| Chapter 11 - Apostrophe The apostrophe is used to show (1) possessives of nouns and some pronouns, (2) contractions, and (3) some plurals. Possessives of Singular Nouns Use an "apost… |
| coupled with, as well as, along with, together with, not to mention Expressions such as coupled with, as well as, along with, together with, not to mention, and others do not act as … |
| A Summary of Pronouns We have seven types of pronouns: (1) personal, (2) reflexive and intensive, (3) indefinite, (4) demonstrative, (5) relative, (6) interrogative, and (7) reciprocal. You must commit to memory some o… |
| criterion, criteria Criterion is a singular noun that means the “standard” or “rule” used to make a judgment or decision. Criteria is the plural form of that word, although it is com… |
| Fish vs. Fishes Fish vs. Fishes "Fish" and "fishes" represent one of those pairs of almost identical words, that can create a lot of confusion not only due to their similitude, but also due to the numerous meanin… |
| minutia - correct spelling minutia - noun (plural minutiae) Note: Most people use the word to mean “small details.” They should therefore opt for the plural minutiae. Example: Thi… |
| Number - Singular or Plural More than One When the Pronoun Committee met in Amber and Igor’s cave, it realized another universal truth: Often there would be more than one speaker, more than one li… |
| Grammatical Number You might think that number is only related to your math class and has nothing to do with English and language. You cannot be more wrong. Number is not just a numerical term used in mathematics and a… |
| "A," "An," "The" - The Articles At this point in our study of the eight parts of speech, it’s a good idea to discuss three little words we have a hard time classifying in the English language—the articles, a, an, and the. They d… |
| media, medium The word media is the plural of medium. These days, however, using media as a collective noun to refer to the communications media … |
| Subjects Joined by Other Connectors Watch Out Watch out for along with, as well as, together with, not to mention, and others. These are not conjunctions and do not form plural subjects. Writers often use other c… |
| Future Tense - How to Form When the activity you describe isn’t happening right now (present tense) and didn’t happen yesterday (past tense), perhaps it’ll take place tomorrow (future tense). Other Ways of Expressin… |
| data, datum - vocabulary data, datum - noun Facts, statistics, or items of information. Note:Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning “something given.” Today, data is used in Engl… |
| Calfs vs. Calves English language can be very confusing when it comes to certain words and their singular and plural forms. Sometimes to convert the word in plural only takes putting an s at the end of the word; book… |
| possessives One of the distinctive features of the noun is its ability to own something, to possess something. We show this act of possession by adding a possessive ending, typically an “apostrophe ‑s” (Fred's r… |
| Sexist Writing Sexist Writing - A Quagmire When Amber, Igor, and Miss Hamrick developed our language, they dreamed up another rule: Pronouns must agree with the gender of the nouns th… |
| Examining "My Team Is" versus "My Team Are" In English grammar, the choice between "my team is" and "my team are" depends on whether "team" is perceived as a singular or plural entity. Let's explore the usage of these constructions. 1. "My Tea… |
