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Is it Wrong to End a Sentence with a Preposition?

If you ever had a strict, old-fashioned grammarian for an English teacher, you were probably told that you should never,…

We recently looked at different forms of the verb “to be” and how to use them in a sentence. Once…

“To be” is the most frequently used verb in the English language. However, it doesn’t follow a regular, predictable pattern….

Verbs are often described as “action words”. These are the words that tell us what somebody is doing. Actually, this…

One question that has popped up a few times on our Ask An Editor feature is whether to use “can”…

You might not be familiar with the term “coordinating conjunctions”, but they are everywhere in English writing. A conjunction, as…

Let’s start by comparing a couple of sentences. They are exactly same, except for the punctuation mark at the end….

In our recent articles (which you can find here and here), we have been focusing on word pairs that many…

The difference between “lay” and “lie” has baffled native English speakers for hundreds of years. If you speak English as…

The words “fewer” and “less” are both used to indicate smaller quantities. We generally use them when we are comparing…