Category: English Editing

This tense is formed by was or were followed by the Present Participle of the main verb: He was writing.…

Transitive verbs can be used in two different ways, called voices: active and passive. Active: A vicious Rottweiler dog attacked…

A Modal Auxiliary Verb used to refer to possible, rather than actual, events. It expresses a view about how desirable…

A number of dots, usually three, which are used to show that something has been missed out from a sentence.…

Part of a clause that completes the Object. In statements it follows the object and refers to the same person,…

In a statement the object:  Normally comes after the Verb.  Is governed by the verb.  Refers to…

A group words built up round a single noun, which is called the Headword of the phrase. The noun phrases…

A subordinate clause in a complex sentence forming one of the following elements:  Subject: What they want to do…