The verb in a sentence is the word that shows action or being. The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that's doing the action, or being something. Hello. I'm Mrs Shaukat and we're going to ...

It’s the day after, and half of us are elated and half of us are despondent and a bipartisan group of us is wondering if this sentence is a big, fat grammatical mess. That group, which counts yours ...

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Favoring active sentences over passive ones is probably the most repeated advice regarding clarity and concision. An active sentence is one where the subject is the source of the action. Conversely, a ...

Mayor Carlson, along with his deputies, plan to visit the memorial. Mayor Carlson, along with his deputies, plans to visit the memorial. Which is right? Plan or plans? And, more important, why is this ...

English typically uses a strict SUBJECT VERB OBJECT (SVO) word order in simple sentences, as in Students (S) read (V) books (O). This SVO word order becomes altered in many other English sentence ...

This article highlights 10 common grammar mistakes that English learners frequently make, providing clear explanations and solutions for each. The mistakes include errors like misplacing apostrophes, ...