English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
The word breath is a noun. Breath rhymes with death. We take a breath when we pull air into our lungs. We puff out a breath when we blow on birthday candles. Use the word breath when talking about a… Read more431. The Difference Between Breath and Breathe
Section A: Put affect or effect into each blank.1. The temperature will ____ the growth of the plants.2. I’m not sure what kind of ____ the temperature will have.3. We had to write a cause and ____ paper for English… Read more435. Practice with Confusing Words
These two words are very similar, so you will have to practice to remember the difference between them. Affect is a verb. When you affect something, or something affects you, action is occurring. Water and sunlight will affect the growth… Read more432. Affect and Effect
The word it’s is a contraction. When we push together the words it is, an apostrophe replaces the letter i; it is becomes it’s. I can see it is getting cloudy. I can see it’s getting cloudy.Billy has a kite,… Read more369. It’s vs. Its
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
When two nouns are connected to make one new word, we call that new word a compound noun or a compound word. Here are some examples of compound words:dog and house = doghousecamp and fire = campfirenews and paper =… Read more266. Compound Nouns
When you resign yourself to something, you make peace with the situation. I am resigned to the fact that I will never be a tall person. The word resign can also be used when you are quitting or leaving a… Read more429. The Difference Between Resign and Re-sign
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
Most singular nouns change their spelling when they become plural.However, some nouns look exactly the same whether they are singular or plural. Here is a list for you to study: one moose – two moose I saw two moose in… Read more259. Irregular Plural Nouns that Don’t Change
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