English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
Principle is a noun that means “a fundamental belief” or “an idea to live by.”The understanding is that a person with principles is a person who lives a good life. Mary’s principles lead her to be honest and selfless.Dan lives… Read more122. Principle and Principal
Chord and cord are two words that sound exactly alike, but they are spelled differently, and they have different meanings. A chord is a set of three or more notes played at the same time to produce harmony. The h… Read more121. Chord and Cord
Resign and re-sign are sometimes confused with each other. Let’s look closer at these two words. Resign sounds like rezine – the s has a z sound. Resign means to voluntarily leave a job or an elected position before your… Read more119. Resign and Re-sign.
This is another pair of troublesome verbs. A person, an animal, or a thing can sit. This verb is used when the person, animal, or thing can sit on their own.Please sit in this chair.I like to sit on the… Read more118. Sit and Set
Rise and Raise are another pair of troublesome verbs. Just like with yesterday’s verbs, one verb’s action is done by the subject, and the other verb transfers action to an object. When a person, an animal, or a thing gets… Read more117. Rise and Raise
Last week, we looked at easily confused words. This week, we will work with four sets of verbs that are often confusing.Today’s verbs are lie and lay. The action verb lie sometimes means “to tell an untruth.” Look at these… Read more116. Lie and Lay
Led and lead are two words that cause great confusion in the English language. When lead rhymes with feed, lead is a present tense verb. Today Bob will lead the horse out to the corral.I want to lead the band… Read more111. Led and Lead
We’ve been talking about prepositional phrases for several days now. Hopefully, you are becoming more comfortable with the prepositional phrase. We know that a prepositional phrase tells more about the position of an object.That vase on the shelf was a… Read more103. Groups of Prepositional Phrases
Yesterday we talked about using the pronoun me after the prepositions to, for, and from.He gave the dog to me.He gave the dog to my brother and me.My teacher had a suggestion for me.My teacher had a suggestion for Bob… Read more102. More Object Pronouns in a Prepositional Phrase
Section A. Look closely at each sentence. Is the underlined word an adverb modifying the action or a preposition beginning a prepositional phrase and showing position? Write A for adverb and P for preposition.1. My little sister ran ahead of… Read more100. Practice with Confusing Prepositions