by Yen Cabag
As one of the eight parts of speech, prepositions show the relationships that words have with each other in a sentence. For example, when someone asks, “Where’s the restroom?” you can say, “First door to your right,” so they can easily find it. When you ask,...
by Yen Cabag
When applying for a job, you need to be well-prepared to ace the interview. After all, you need to stand out from all the other people vying for the same position. Typical job interview questions revolve around your work history, your expectations for the position,...
by Yen Cabag
When you want to build your knowledge of a certain subject, it’s likely that one of the first things you’ll turn to is a book. (Okay, maybe after Google.) This trust in books is easily justified, because not only are books a great source of information,...
by Yen Cabag
When you read poetry, you might notice the rhyme and musicality of the piece, particularly when it repeats certain sounds over and over. For example, the tongue twister “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper” grabs our attention and is fairly easy to...
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When you want to show that someone or something owns another thing, you use the possessive case. Nouns and pronouns can be written in the possessive case. For nouns, this usually involves adding ’s to the end of the noun, but there are also have other rules,...
