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7 Times You Should Break Grammar RulesAs Pablo Picasso once said, “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” Just as visual art is guided by...April 3, 2023
Simple Past Tense: How to Use It, With ExamplesTable of contents Forming verbs into the simple past tense How to make the simple past tense negative Asking a question in the...March 28, 2023
Is It “Bear With Me” or “Bare With Me”?The internet is full of incorrect spellings of homophones in expressions such as bear with me (vs. bare with me). The verb bare...March 28, 2023
Simple Present Tense: How to Use It, With ExamplesThe simple present is a verb tense with two main uses. We use the simple present tense when an action is happening right now, or...February 24, 2023
Passive Voice: When to Avoid It and When to Use ItThe passive voice is often maligned by teachers and professors as a bad writing habit. Or, to put that in the active voice:...February 24, 2023
What Are Syllables, and How Do You Count Them?English pronunciation of words isn’t always intuitive. The same letter combinations in one word may make a completely different...February 21, 2023
Independent and Dependent Clauses: Rules and ExamplesIndependent and dependent clauses are the two main types of clause in English, and every clause is either one or the other. The...February 20, 2023
When to Use Who vs. ThatMany people use the words who and that interchangeably, but it’s important to know the difference between them. In short, who is...February 17, 2023
Misplaced Modifiers: Definition and ExamplesA misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is separated from the word it describes, creating confusion and ambiguity....February 7, 2023
Antecedents: Definition and ExamplesIn English grammar, an antecedent is a person, place, thing, or clause represented by a pronoun or pronominal adjective. It is...December 21, 2022