English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
Section A. Choose it’s or its for each sentence below.1. The cat chased ___ tail.2. I heard ___ going to rain tomorrow.3. The box was dropped, and ___ falling apart now.4. The package arrived today, but ___ label is missing.5…. Read more90. Practice With Confusing Words
Where, ware, and wear are three homophones that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Where is an adverb showing location. When someone asks where? the answer is usually here or there. Notice that where, here, and… Read more136. Where, Ware, and Wear
Rain, reign, and rein are three more homophones that sound alike but are spelled differently and mean different things. Rain is a noun meaning the water that falls from the sky. Try to picture the a in rain as a… Read more137. Rain, Reign, and Rein
Write, right, and rite are another group of three homophones – words that sound the same but have different meanings. Write is a verb that means to put words onto a surface. We write with a pencil or a pen… Read more138. Write, Right, and Rite
Sight, site, and cite all sound the same, but each word has a different meaning. Sight is a view – something you can see. Sight also refers to the vision you have with your eyes.That view of the Grand Canyon… Read more139. Sight, Site, and Cite
A comma ( , ) is a piece of punctuation used to force a pause or show a separation. A compound sentence uses a coordinating conjunction to join two complete thoughts. In a compound sentence, a comma must come before… Read more146. Comma with a Conjunction – FANBOYS
The word fragment means a piece of something that is broken, such as a fragment of glass from a broken mirror. A sentence fragment is a broken piece of sentence or a part of a sentence. It is important to… Read more231. Subordinate Clause Sentence Fragments
In our English language, several words are very similar and are often confused. One often-confused pair of words is they’re and their. It helps to remember that they’re is a contraction. They’re is made up of two words: they and… Read more366. Common Error: They’re vs. Their
The word you’re is a contraction. A contraction is formed by bumping two words together to make one word. A contraction always has an apostrophe (‘) to show where letters have been taken out. The contraction you’re is formed by… Read more367. You’re vs. Your
The words we’re is a contraction. The words we are have been bumped together to make one word. The apostrophe (‘) takes the place of the missing letter a. Use we’re anytime you could also use we are.We are having… Read more368. We’re vs. Were