English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
This week’s topic is italics – a request from one of our regular readers. You can type in italics by clicking on the slanted I at the top of your word processing page. Here are three of the many uses… Read more186. Italics: Book Titles, Newspapers, Magazines
Section A: Choose the correct word or words for each blank below.1. ________ went on a field trip. (Me and my class, My class and I)2. ________ are going to summer camp in July. (Me and my brother, my brother… Read more185. Practice with Pronoun Problems
A subject is the person or thing that a sentence is about. A subject does the action in a sentence. I collected colorful fall leaves for an art project.I have been studying math all weekend. In each of these sentences,… Read more181. Use the Pronoun I as a Subject
Section A: Insert dashes into these sentences.1. Some people my sister, for example are hard to understand.2. The two guys down the hall Jeff and Bill started a new company.3. I heard a noise it was really loud up in… Read more175. Practice Dash, Parentheses, and Quotation Marks
A direct quotation is the quoting of someone else’s words. When you write someone else’s words into your own document, you must place quotation marks around those quoted words. Quotation marks always come in a set of two. Here is… Read more173. Quotation Marks in Direct Quotations
Section A: In each sentence below, find the two words that need a hyphen. Write the new hyphenated word. One sentence does not get a hyphen.1. My cousin has twenty three chickens in his backyard coop.2. His home sits on… Read more170. Practice With Hyphenated Words
A complete sentence needs a subject and verb. If you leave out either the subject or the verb, you have written a fragment. A fragment is only a piece of a sentence. The beautiful flowers in my back yard.Three giant… Read more467. Avoid the Fragment – Use a Subject and a Verb
Section A: Put capital letters into these book and play titles.1. little women2. romeo and juliet3. of mice and men4. toy story5. all quiet on the western front Section B: Write these sentences correctly – using capitals and italics or… Read more465. Practice Using Italics, Quote Marks, and Capital Letters
Section A: Decide which words in each sentence are proper nouns and should be capitalized.1. My mom and i went to see dr. smith last week.2. Sam’s friend, mr. brown, teaches swim lessons.3. Sam and i are learning the back… Read more460. Practice With More Proper Nouns
A brand name is the name of a product or the product’s company. Kleenex is a brand of facial tissue.Crisco is a brand of cooking oil.Duncan Hines is a brand of baking mixes.Prairie Farms is a brand of dairy products.Spaulding… Read more459. Brand Names are Proper Nouns