Would you like to better your UK English? Would you like your English to be refined, elegant and precise? Perhaps you’re working for a British company or in a Commonwealth or European country that uses British English. You need to…
In English sentences, a noun can be the main subject of the sentence or clause, or it can be an object, which is to say it is not the subject. The subject noun is the noun performing the verb. This…
Causative verbs are a small number of verbs that are used to indicate that one person or thing causes another person or thing to perform an action or be in a certain state. Instead of doing the action themselves, the…
In English, the single negative principle means that only one negative word is used to express a negative idea. When forming negative sentences, one should never double up on negative words. One negative is enough. This lesson focuses on the…
The words it and that can both be used as pronouns. A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and make sentences clearer. However, as pronouns, it and that serve different purposes. It refers…
Adjectives are important words in language because an adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun, providing more detail about it. A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea such as a dog,…
Reflexive verbs are those where the action reflects back on the subject, using reflexive pronouns such as myself or yourself. Ergative verbs are those that exhibit a unique flexibility in allowing the subject of an intransitive sentence to be the…
Some English verbs are frequently confused because they can seem similar although they are used in different contexts. Two such verbs are to come and to go. While some think they are interchangeable, their use depends on perspective and direction.…
When and while are two words that are often confused by intermediate English language learners. As is often the case with confusing words, these particular two words can sometimes be interchanged but frequently have distinct meanings of their own. When…