by Yen Cabag
Verbs are the life soul of a sentence because they convey action and tell you what the subject actually does. In grammar, verbs can be transitive or intransitive. This refers to whether or not the verb needs an object on which to perform the action in order to...
by Yen Cabag
When two words seem to mean the same thing, it’s easy just to pick one or the other. But sometimes, choosing the wrong word can have embarrassing consequences. One tricky pair of words is hanged and hung. They both sound very similar, right? In this post, we...
by Yen Cabag |
As a writer, knowing how to use the different tenses of verbs is a crucial skill that must be mastered in order to communicate your ideas clearly and accurately. The perfect tenses are some of the more complicated tenses, but they play a critical role in...
by Kaelyn Barron
There are two types of people in this world: those who say they couldn’t care less, and those who claim they could. The funny thing is, these people are usually trying to say the same thing. But how can that be so? Let’s take a closer look at these two...
by Yen Cabag |
English is an interesting language: for someone born into an English-speaking home, it can seem pretty straightforward. But foreigners wishing to learn English as a second language need to memorize many rules—as well as the many exceptions to those rules! For...
by Yen Cabag |
One of the most fun parts of writing is trying to describe a person, place, or feeling—but sometimes common adjectives don’t seem to capture what we want to convey! In these instances, we might reach for literary devices such as similes and metaphors, which let you...
