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Category Archives: Grammar Review
[ad name=”Adsense”] This being the first post about grammatical cases, here is a brief intro…. Grammatical cases can initially seem like intimidating linguistic gunk for native English speakers or those with a background solely in the Romance languages. One of … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Third-Person: If you are talking about yourself….”I am crazy.”….you are speaking in the first-person. If you are talking to somebody…”You are crazier.”….this is the second person. If you are talking about George across the street….”He is crazier than … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Pronouns: You should know that a noun is a person, place, or thing. Pronouns are words that can be substituted for nouns when we get sick and tired of referring to the thing we’re talking about. Consider the … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Articles: In English, we have words that work with nouns to suggest some more information about the noun. A, an, and the are all articles. If I tell you about the man from last night, I am talking … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Adverbs: Just like adjectives describe nouns, adverbs describe verbs. So if you are running slowly, you can see that “slowly” is an adverb…it describes the manner in which you are running. If you still don’t know what an … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Adjectives: Adjectives describe nouns. It’s as simple as that. Really…. This section of the post is pointless, useless, boring, and obvious. If you don’t know where the adjectives are in this last sentence, type “adjectives” into Google and … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] If you are attempting to learn a foreign language, one of the following things has happened to you in the process. Naturally, you delved into this new language with enthusiasm and encountered a barrage of grammatical terms and … Continue reading