Linguistics
Punctuation Rules for Parentheses in Written EnglishPunctuation marks are a written convention that make reading and writing clearer by ensuring the clarity of written language. There are...
May 18, 2013- Punctuation Rules for Dashes in Written English
Punctuation marks are a written convention that make reading and writing more understandable for readers and writers by ensuring the clarity...
May 17, 2013 - The Simple Present of English Verbs
Conjugated verbs in English express a combination of verb tense, verb aspect, verb voice, and verb mood. Tense, which imperfectly corresponds...
May 16, 2013 - Third Person Singular Simple Present Verbs
The simple present tense in English expresses habits and routines, general facts and truths, and thoughts and feelings. In all but...
May 15, 2013 - Past Participles of Irregular English Verbs
Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
May 14, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Quotation Marks in Written English
Punctuation marks, as a convention of writing, help to make reading and writer easier by ensuring the clarity of written language....
May 13, 2013 - Past Participles of Regular English Verbs
Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
May 12, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Hyphens in Written English
Punctuation marks, as a convention of written language, function to ensure the clarity of writing for readers and writers. There are...
May 11, 2013 - Present Participles of English Verbs
Present participles, or -ing participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal, adjectival, and nominal functions. The following...
May 10, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Question Marks, Exclamation Marks, and Interrobangs in Written English
Punctuation marks are a convention of written language that help readers and writers more easily understand language in written forms. There...
May 9, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Apostrophes in Written English
Punctuation marks are a convention of written language that ensure the clarity of writing for both readers and writers. There are...
May 7, 2013 - English Sentence Negation: How to Negate Sentences in English Grammar
Negation is the grammatical operation whereby a proposition is replaced by one that states the opposite. An affirmative form expresses the...
May 6, 2013 - Types of Words: Paronyms, Homophones, Homographs, Homonyms, Heteronyms, Capitonyms, and Oronyms
The English language contains many words with similar or identical spellings and pronunciations but different meanings. Learning the differences between paronyms,...
May 5, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Colons in Written English
Punctuation marks are a convention of writing that ensure the clarity of written language for readers and writers. There are eight...
May 4, 2013 - Commonly Confused and Misused Homophones and Paronyms in English
Writers often confuse words that sound the same or similarly in written English. The following sections explain the differences in spelling...
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