English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
Sometimes we join two simple sentences together. We call that a compound sentence. A compound sentence is two complete thoughts joined together. Use a coordinating conjunction to join two simple sentences together. The coordinating conjunctions are called FANBOYS because each… Read more2. Compound Sentences – the FANBOYS
In English, we put our thoughts into groups of words called sentences. A sentence is a complete idea. A sentence always has a subject and a verb. Subject – a person or thing doing something Verb – an action that the… Read more1. The Simple Sentence
The word hard works as an adjective when it modifies a noun.That was a hard test.You took a hard fall down the stairs. The word hard acts as an adverb when it modifies a verb.The team played hard but they… Read more179. Using Hard and Hardly
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
Look at this sentence: He likes ice cream more than me. Do you know what the writer is trying to say? Here are two possibilities: He likes ice cream more than he likes me.He likes ice cream more than I… Read more183. Pronoun Problem
A noun is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. When a noun names an actual person, we call it a proper noun. A proper noun must be capitalized. Your name is a proper… Read more191. Nouns are Naming Words – Proper Nouns
Common nouns name people, places, and things that don’t need to be capitalized. Proper nouns are names for actual people, actual locations and buildings. Common nouns are names for plain, unspecific people, places, and things. A proper noun is Chicago,… Read more192. Common Nouns
We know that nouns name people, places, and things. Nouns also name ideas.Nouns that name ideas are called abstract nouns. You can’t see an abstract noun. You can’t touch an abstract noun. They are not objects. They are ideas. Look… Read more193. Abstract Nouns Name Ideas
The -tion ending on a word signals that the word is a noun. We call -tion a suffix. Any word that ends in -tion is a noun. We can change a verb into a noun by adding -tion to the… Read more194. Verbs Become Nouns With -tion Ending