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Apostrophe, Clause, Conditional, Contraction, Future, Negative, Noun, Past, Present, Pronoun, Question, Subject
English verbs use helpers (auxiliary verbs) to create tenses other than simple present and past. The helping verb "do" is used to create questions. Other helping/auxiliary verbs identify … [Read more...] about Helping verbs
Apostrophe, Noun, Past, Present, Pronoun, Question, Subject, Verb
Shortened forms of words Contractions begin with a noun or pronoun and attach a shortened form of a verb (replacing the initial letters with an apostrophe) or "not" (abbreviated as … [Read more...] about Contractions
Adjective, Adverb, Apostrophe, Conjunction, Contraction, Noun, Past, Possessive, Preposition, Pronoun
Words often confused a while/awhile “A while” is a period of time. “While” is a noun. It can serve as the object of a preposition (“in a while,” “after a while”). “Awhile” is an adverb … [Read more...] about Word Pairs 2
English has pairs of words, homonyms, and words that simply sound close enough that you should write carefully, so your reader will understand you correctly. Part of the trouble is that we don’t all … [Read more...] about Word List
Sentence A sentence should always begin with a capital letter, even if the sentence is a quotation or dialogue. AExamples: This is a sentence. The first letter of a … [Read more...] about Capitalization
Adjective, Adverb, Apostrophe, Conjunction, Contraction, Noun, Past, Possessive, Preposition, Pronoun
More spelling monsters a lot "A lot" meaning "a large amount" doesn’t pair up with another word, but it’s not a single word. It’s two words, “a lot.” (The word that means to divide up among … [Read more...] about Word pairs 1
Clause, Command, Conjunction, Dependent, Independent, Non-essential, Noun, Preposition, Pronoun
Sentence A sentence is words expressing a complete thought. It has a subject (in a command, understood to be “you”) and a verb. Both the subject and the verb may be expanded (complete subject, … [Read more...] about Parts of sentences
