Prepositions and How to Use Them
Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, often indicating location, direction, time, or manner. They typically answer questions like…
Grammar Sucks
Writing: For Your Job or Your Hobby, or …. ?
Writing is a part of everyone’s life. Every one of us has had to write an article, a composition or a letter to a loved one, at least once in…
As Long As vs. So Long As — Which Works When?
I can’t remember hearing anyone use the phrase “so long as” in the past weeks, er, perhaps months or years. We’re all attuned to using “as long as” whenever we…
Why Is English Grammar So Difficult? Or Is It?
The most universal language in the world is the English language, spoken in a vast number of countries. And, for people who don’t speak English, it’s not easy to learn.…
Mastering English Pronunciation — Another Key to Communication
What is an accent? An accent is the carryover of sounds from the speaker’s original language to the second language. When we are infants we literally have the ability to…
English Grammar Really Does Matter
Whether we are talking about a five-year-old who is about to start learning to read or whether we are talking about a thirty-year-old woman who is attempting to write a…
Effective Ways to Connect on Social Media
Facebook Do you know anyone who’s not on Facebook? Probably not very many people, anyway. The biggest companies and the most successful business people all over the world are on…
Grammar: What Exactly Is the Purpose?
Define grammar. According to the dictionary, it’s a language’s entire structure and system. In short, it tells a person how something works when talking or writing. So, if that’s the…
Top Ten Tricky Word Choices
Some words in the English language cause more problems than others. These ten sets of words are at the top of the list of troublesome words, but there are plenty…
Ten Common Grammar and Writing Mistakes
Grammar and punctuation mistakes can make your writing seem uneducated and careless, but correcting those mistakes is not that difficult if you keep these rules in mind. It might not…