Grammar Do To: A Very Busy Verb (Part Two) In Part One of our series on “to do”, we looked at the simple forms of the verb as well…
Grammar To Do: A Very Busy Verb (Part One) The verb “to do” is one of the most versatile and commonly used verbs in the English language. Unfortunately, like…
Grammar The Verb “To Be”: If A Sentence Is Conditional… We recently looked at different forms of the verb “to be” and how to use them in a sentence. Once…
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 Confused About “Lay” and “Lie”? The difference between “lay” and “lie” has baffled native English speakers for hundreds of years. If you speak English as…
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 Make vs. Do: How to Tell Which One Is Correct The verbs “to make” and “to do” can really be confusing for people who speak English as a second (or…
Communication, Email Writing, Grammar, Writing Incomplete Sentences: When the Verb Is Missing Every sentence needs both a subject and a verb or else it isn’t a complete sentence. We have already looked…
Miscellaneous Frequently confused verbs: Part 1 At TextRanch, we asked our editors to explain the difference between verbs that they often have to correct in the…
