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Like is used as a preposition to show similarity between things: Was it that he looked so much like his…

This adverb has two meanings:  A short time ago: He and his wife have just arrived here.  Only:…

This is an occasion where the use of the apostrophe can cause problems. The rule is as follows: Its: This…

In formal writing it is quite common to begin a sentence with it followed by the Passive form of the…

A verb that does not form its Past tense and Past participle in a regular way. Regular verbs work like…

When a text includes a direct quotation from another book, or from what someone has said, quotation marks are used…

In handwritten documents and in some printed texts, they are used for the titles of books, pictures, plays, films, and…

Punctuation marks used to separate a group of words from the rest of the text. They can be single: ‘and’…