English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
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
All company names are proper nouns and must be capitalized. Businesses, stores, restaurants, and other retail establishments all have names that are proper nouns. I bought my computer at Best Buy.My mom always shops at Target for school suppliesMy dad… Read more458. Company Names are Proper Nouns
A common noun names a general place, but a proper noun names a specific place. Proper nouns are always capitalized. Common noun: parkProper nouns: Golden Gate Park, Central Park, Centennial Park Common noun: baseball fieldProper nouns: Busch Stadium, American Family… Read more449. Proper Nouns Name Specific Places
Some common nouns name people. A common noun names a person by the role they take in life or the job that they do. Common nouns always begin with a lower-case letter. Here are some examples of common nouns that… Read more446. Common Nouns that Name People
A pronoun is used in place of a person’s name. A possessive pronoun shows that the person has ownership. The pronoun your takes the place of the name of the person to whom you are speaking. If I talk about… Read more371. Possessive Pronouns – Your and Yours
Section A: Does the sentence contain an adverb or a prepositional phrase? Write A for adverb. PP for prepositional phrase.1. It’s time to wake up.2. The cat ran up the ramp.3. We’ll play a game before bedtime.4. Have you played… Read more350. Practice With Prepositional Phrases
A direct object receives action from the verb. To put that another way, the direct object gets acted upon. Look at these sentences. The direct object in each sentence is the dark bolded word.Notice that each dark bolded word is… Read more198. The Direct Object is a Noun
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
An imperative sentence gives an instruction, an order, or a direct command. This type of sentence begins with a verb. The speaker is talking directly to someone, so there is no subject in the sentence. Look at these examples of… Read more244. Imperative Sentences