English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
The verb resign means to quit a job or a position or to find peace with a decision. I am going to resign from my teaching position. Bob must resign himself to the idea that we are not getting a… Read more669. Confusing Verbs – Resign and Re-sign
The apostrophe can be used to show ownership by adding ‘s to a noun to make a possessive noun. Sometimes a person owns the object. The person’s name is a proper noun. Add ‘s to the proper noun.Bob owns a… Read more681. Using the Apostrophe with Possessive Nouns
Singular nouns add ‘s to show possession.This is John’s dog. We found Mom’s keys.The dog’s paw is injured. Most plural nouns add an s to show more than one.One dog. Two dogs.One house. Two houses. One duck. Two ducks. To… Read more682.Plural Possessive Nouns
Possessive nouns need an apostrophe to show ownership. Possessive pronouns do not. Here are the possessive pronouns: my, your, our, their, his, her, mine, yours, ours, theirs, hers, its The dog belongs to me, so the dog is mine. It… Read more683. No Apostrophe with Possessive Pronouns
Contractions always use an apostrophe. Possessive pronouns never use an apostrophe. Look at these examples: I know it’s cold today. The word it’s is a contraction for the words it is. Use an apostrophe in the contraction.The cat licked its… Read more684. The Apostrophe: Possessive Pronouns and Contractions
A comparative adjective compares one noun to another. We usually add the letters –er to an adjective to show that it is comparative. Chess is a hard game to play. Bridge is a harder game to play. December 2 was… Read more746. Comparative Adjectives add -er
We sometimes use an adjective to compare one noun to another. Yesterday we talked about comparative adjectives which compare two nouns. A superlative adjective compares three or more nouns. The superlative adjective describes the highest level of comparison. Add the… Read more747. Superlative Adjectives
We usually add -er and -est to an adjective to make it comparative or superlative. However, some adjectives use different rules when spelling their comparative and superlative forms. Adjectives that end in -e only add an -r or an-st. white… Read more748. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives that Change Spelling
Adjectives with many syllables cannot just add -er and -est for comparative and superlative forms. These multi-syllable adjectives need to use the words more or less to show comparative and the words most or least to show superlative. Here are… Read more749. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives with More/Most and Less/Least
Some adjectives are formed by adding the letters –ful to the end of a noun. Look at these examples:fear – fearfulbeauty – beautifullaw – lawfuljoy – joyfulcare – carefulwonder – wonderful Here are some sentence examples using the adjectives to… Read more752. Turn an Noun into an Adjective with -ful