Grammar, Writing Possessives: Where to put the apostrophe and the S We use possessives when we want to show that something belongs to a person, or when people are somehow connected…
Grammar, Writing Plurals: When a Noun Ends in S Sometimes the rules of English seem simple, but then things get a little bit complicated. Let’s look at plural nouns….
Grammar, Writing All About Them, They, and Their Most of the time, we use the words “them”, “they”, and “their” when we are referring to two or more…
Grammar, Writing How to Use There, Their, and They’re There, their, and they’re… These three words are homophones, which means that they sound the same, even though they have…
Grammar, Writing Ask an Editor: A New TextRanch Feature! At TextRanch, we understand that sometimes you have questions about words, phrases, and the principles of English grammar. Maybe you…
Communication, Grammar, Writing Confused About “In” and “At”? If English is your first language, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the difference between prepositions…
Grammar, Writing Understanding “Since” “Since” is an incredibly versatile and useful word. Depending on the sentence, “since” might be used as an adverb, a…
Grammar, Writing The Ever-So-Helpful Hyphen We mentioned hyphens in our last article, but they are so often used (and misused) that they deserve an article…
Communication, Editing, Grammar, Writing When Is it Okay to Use Contractions? A contraction is a shortened version of two or more words that have been joined together to form one word….
Grammar, Writing Confused About “In” and “On”? Sometimes prepositions and other little words are the ones that are most confusing. This is especially true if English is…
