Grammar Confused About the Verb “To Be”? Here Is Some Help! “To be” is the most frequently used verb in the English language. However, it doesn’t follow a regular, predictable pattern….
Grammar Action Verbs and Non-Action Verbs Verbs are often described as “action words”. These are the words that tell us what somebody is doing. Actually, this…
Grammar, Writing Asking for Permission: Should You Use “Can” or “May”? One question that has popped up a few times on our Ask An Editor feature is whether to use “can”…
Grammar FANBOYS: A Way to Remember Coordinating Conjunctions You might not be familiar with the term “coordinating conjunctions”, but they are everywhere in English writing. A conjunction, as…
Writing 2024: English Writing Goals for a New Year At this time last year, we went over some ways to improve your writing in 2023. To build on the…
Communication, Email Writing How to Write a Polite Complaint Selena works as a leasing agent at a large apartment community. Part of her job involves dealing with residents (or…
Communication, Email Writing Making Polite Requests Could you check to make sure this sounds polite? This is an important email, and I don’t want to be…
Communication, Email Writing, Learning English What About Swearing? If you are like the majority of our TextRanch customers, English is not your first language. You may have devoted…
Communication Holiday Greetings for Tough Times As the owner of a business that prepares tax returns for both individuals and small companies, Ana sends out a…
Grammar, Writing Exclamation Points!!! When Should You Use Them? Let’s start by comparing a couple of sentences. They are exactly same, except for the punctuation mark at the end….
