Pages tagged with Grammar English
This article will discuss why it seems to be okay to call a person a Grammar Nazi when they note an error when in fact the error is correct. Why is it okay to write poorly in this day in age when there are more literate people in the world than at any other time in World history?
As budding writers, we often get caught up in a grammatical quagmire while trying to decide between the "Active": and "Passive" voice when writing copy. The rule of thumb, is that the active voice is always better...
The people who visit our web posts are working people. People come to our web pages looking for answers to a pressing need. They're not willing to read pages of superfluous words to get that answer. We develop a following by giving our readers what they are searching for. We can help ...
Commas are sometimes confusing, and many writers get them wrong. Here is a quick rundown of the top three comma errors.
Learning English is a tricky business, yet millions do so every year. However, it’s not just the words that are important; good punctuation is as important as any word. Punctuation marks structure the sentence in a way that accurately conveys the meaning of it, and good punctuation ...
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Songs are an excellent resource for foreign language teachers. They can be used for a variety of activities. From my own experience I present a few tips of how to make use of songs during English lessons
It does not matter how carefully we proofread what we wrote, there will always be an error in grammar, a typo, a misspelled word or some other error that we do not catch. Our proofreading will never be perfect, but there are steps that we can take to improve our proofreading abilitie...
Someone told me a few days ago that the English grammar is the easiest syntax to learn. That might be appropriate for those of us who are native speakers, but may not be right for those who have English as a second language. There's more to learning a grammar than memorizing pages of ...
Grammar is not taught as well in school as it used to be, but what can this do to our children, and do we need to protest to make a better future for them?
Writing well means using correct grammar. Like a MMORPG (massive multi-player role playing game), there are rules. With all the writing today, from school papers to business documents, online articles to blogs, and even social networking sites, it is important to gain credibility by u...
