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Grammar

All about grammar: the rules of morphology (word formation), syntax (word order) and phonology (sounds) of the English language.

Both descriptive and prescriptive rules will be addressed. Descriptive rules are the actual rules of a language, those used naturally by native speakers, for example the order of adjectives before a noun (big red house not *red big house). Prescriptive rules are imposed on speakers by people who have their own ideas about how a language should work, for example not splitting an infinitive (‘to go boldly’ or ‘boldly to go’ instead of ‘to boldly go’).

A lot versus alot versus allot

8th Dec 20217th Nov 2023 Caity

Many people write ‘alot’ instead of ‘a lot’. Is it ok?

Posted in VocabularyTagged articles, determiners, nouns

The difference between there, their and they’re

8th Dec 202029th Jun 2022 Caity

Some words, for example, there, their and they’re, sound very similar, so it’s easy to mix them up. However, it looks unprofessional to get these wrong. Here’s my explanation of the difference between there, their and they’re.

Posted in VocabularyTagged apostrophes, contractions, morphology, possessives, pronouns, punctuation, verbs, vocabulary

The difference between e.g. and i.e.

19th Nov 202029th Jun 2022 Caity

A lot of websites I have seen recently seem to use e.g. and i.e. interchangeably. However, they mean different things, and proper usage uses only the correct one. Which one should you use?

Posted in VocabularyTagged abbreviations, latin, punctuation, vocabulary

Adjectives: adding punctuation

19th Aug 20207th Dec 2021 Caity

When do you need to put commas between adjectives?

Posted in PunctuationTagged adjectives, conjunctions, punctuation

Collective nouns: agreement

12th Aug 202029th Jun 2022 Caity

A committee disagrees with the proposal.
A committee disagree among themselves.

Posted in MorphologyTagged agreement, american english, british english, morphology, nouns, pronouns, verbs, vocabulary
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