Antecedent and Pronoun: How To Make Your Writing Clear!
How to make your writing both economical and clear by being sure that each and every pronoun has a clear antecedent.
Category: Pronouns
Inflection Of Verbs In English Grammar
Marie walks you through an example of how to inflect a verb for the first person, second person, and third person, singular and plural.
How To Remember The Difference Between Its And It’s
One of the perennial confusions in English is between its and it’s. Here’s a way to remember the difference forever. The key to distinguishing between it’s and its is to remember that it’s, with an apostrophe, is a contraction, and its, without an apostrophe, is a possessive pronoun.
What words CAN’T a sentence start with in English?
During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about what kinds of words can begin sentences and paragraphs.
Principal and Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie offers an overview of verb phrases, principal verbs, and helping or auxiliary verbs.
When to use the Pronouns I or Me in English
Do we use the pronoun I or me when speaking about I or me and someone else? Here’s a simple way to answer the question easily and playfully.
What is the Difference between Adverbs and Helping Verbs?
Can it possibly be correct to say “It is they”? Yes, it is, but there is another correct way to say the same thing: “It is them.” Here’s why!
Compound Sentence Examples from the Beach!
Marie answers the questions “What is a principal clause?” and “What is a compound sentence?” with clear, beach-side examples.
The Classification of Verbs
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level One, however, we get to explore verbs in much greater depth. Here, Marie gives a quick but comprehensive overview of the different kinds of verbs.
Is “It is they” grammatically correct?
Can it possibly be correct to say “It is they”? Yes, it is, but there is another correct way to say the same thing: “It is them.” Here’s why!
Inflection Of Pronouns For The Objective Case
Marie explains the inflection of pronouns for the objective case, giving an example using the whales outside her cozy beach cottage!
What are Possessive Pronouns?
In this free excerpt from the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie answers the question “What are possessive pronouns?” and gives some easy-to-remember examples in the context of daily life.
What is the difference between a proper and regular noun?
During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about the difference between proper nouns and common nouns.
Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
Marie explains how antecedents and pronouns work together, offering clear and memorable examples of pronoun antecedent agreement.
Pronouns in Apposition in English
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie defines pronouns in apposition and gives examples of how appositives are used and punctuated.
Introduction to Indefinite Pronouns in English Grammar
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie give example sentences and a list of key indefinite pronouns, such as each, all, several, many, some, anyone, everyone, someone, and each other.