English Grammar

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Parts of Speech

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Subjects
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Clauses and Phrases
• Pronouns
• Who vs. Whom
• Who, That, Which
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Other Parts of Speech

Punctuation

• Periods
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Colons
• Quotation Marks
• Parentheses and Brackets
• Apostrophes
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Ellipses
• Question Marks
• Exclamation Points
• Other Punctuation

English Composition

• Writing an Essay
• Creative Writing
• Researching for an Essay
• Online Communication
• Literary Devices
• Written Etiquette
• Point of View

Tenses

• Present
• Past
• Future

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• What is the process of inflecting verbs?
• What is wrong with this sentence: "He is currently replacing the position of Mr. Reynold temporarily"?
• In English grammar, why do we use "to" after I talk to someone but not after I telephone someone?
• How can I shorten this sentence: "I agree with you rather than agree with Charlie."?
• Is it correct to say "aggregate together"?
• Is grammatically correct to use the word "to" more than once when using multiple infinitive verbs? For example, is this grammatically correct? "Some of my responsibilities when working in landscape maintenance are to mow, to edge, and to fertilize grass?
• What is a verb that describes a pouting, patronizing tone of voice?
• Is it right to use 'about' after the verb explain?
• What are three "-ing" words and two adjectives that describe peace?
• What is the verb that means 'to make something illegal'? Is there a word like de-legalize or unlegalize?
• What is the present progressive tense of the verb "bury"?
• What is the verb or verb phrase in the sentence, "All the members of the team were ready for the game"?
• What is the verb or verb phrase in the sentence, " What is the most feared animal in the West"?
• What is the verb phrase in the sentence, "She should not have borrowed my dress!"?
• What is the appositive in the sentence, "My uncle Joe bought a dozen tulips."?
• What is a symbol in poetry?
• What is a synonym for "consolidate?"
• What is the meaning of the prefix in the word contradict?
• What is the plural from of the word, "guess"?
• What degree of comparison is used in the sentence: "Some of the groceries are more expensive each week."?
• What degree of comparison is used in the sentence: "Our spring storms are usually bad, but this is the earliest and fiercest storm we've had all year."?
• What degree of comparison is used in the sentence: "Carol needs a quieter office than she now has." ?
• What degree of comparison is used in the sentence: "The audience became quiet as the character spoke." ?
• What is the recurrence of words or phrases in a rhetorical device known as?
• When using a conjunctive adverb to join two independent clauses, what must precede the conjunctive adverb?
• How should you read blank verse to make sense of it?
• What is the purpose of a literary analysis essay?
• In a basic plot structure, what must occur before the climax of the story?
• An imperative sentence is to a command as a declarative sentence is to a what?
• What type of conjunction always comes in pairs?
• If you're not told otherwise, who is your audience when you are writing?
• What is the past tense form of the verb in the sentence "Priscilla starts the lawn mower."?
• What type of literary work provides practical advice to people or teaches a moral or religious lesson?
• "This soup has a spice that l cannot identify." What kind of clause is the phrase "that I cannot identify."?
• For singular words that end in s ss, sh, ch x, or z, what letters are added to make them plural?
• How do you make the plural form of most singular words that end in f?
• What is the subordinate clause in the sentence: "As soon as the doors opened, the crowd pushed into the stadium entrance."?
• What is the appositive phrase in the sentence: "Janice Limerick, the woman running for mayor, will be a guest speaker at our meeting."?
• What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? Cookies With Chocolate Chunks," the winning recipe, received $100 .
• What noun is the appositive describing in the sentence: "The book Jerome was carrying, a dictionary, fell into the mud."?
• What is the appositive phrase in the sentence: Problem number 19, the final question, was difficult."?
• What is the appositive in the sentence: "My brother Mike is getting to be a big boy."?
• What is the appositive phrase in the sentence: "Lenny, the editor of the magazine, cannot spell."?
• If you claim something is precipitous, what are you saying?
• If you claim something is futile, what are you suggesting?
• If someone says you're wont to buy flowers, what does he or she mean?
• If you hinder something's progress, what are you doing?
• How can commas save lives?
• How can commas change meaning?
• Why are commas important?
• How does a comma differ from a semicolon?
• Does comma placement change the meaning of a sentence?
• How do commas change the way you read?
• How many commas can be used in a sentence?
• What are some examples of comma splices?
• What must writers do when using language taken directly from an outside source?
• What is the proper noun in the sentence: "Penguins often visit the southern coast of Australia."?
• Can an adjective describe both a noun and a verb, both a noun and a pronoun, a verb and an adjective, or a pronoun and an adjective?
• What is the difference between an adjective phrase and an adjective clause?
• Is "running" a verb or an adjective?
• I know friendly is an adjective, but what about "friend"?
• In this sentence, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried," I said the word "mistake" is a noun. Why is this wrong?
• Is "soccer" a verb or an adjective?
• How can you tell a pronoun and adjective apart?
• Does an adjective phrase modify a noun or a pronoun; an adjective; a verb or an adverb; or a verb, an adverb, or an adjective?
• Can "love" be a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb?
• When do adjectives come after the noun in English?
• What are distributive adjectives?
• Are there any tricks to tell if a word is an adverb, adjective, noun, or verb?
• What is an interjection?
• Does an appositive phrase explain or identify a noun or a pronoun; an adjective; a verb or an adverb; or a verb, an adverb, or an adjective?
• Does an adjective describe a noun or a verb?
• What is vernacular literature?
• How many syllables does vision have?
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• Are the words "merge" and "separate" antonyms or synonyms?
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• Does this make sense? The discovery of DNA has helped in the accurate safeguarding of the law system.
• What is the suffix in bicyclist?
• What does diminish mean?
• What is the antecedent of he?
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• Is "hospitalized" an adjective?
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• Is it fine to say "Only with enough money can I buy a new wallet." ? If it is wrong, could you give an alternative? Thanks!
• Are there equivalent expressions for "eagle-eyed" for senses other than sight?
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