Tag: writing

A word with two meanings:  In writing, the five letters a e I o u.  In speech, sounds…

The Present Participle form of the verb used as a noun. It is also called a ‘gerund’, for example: Smoking…

The verb component of a clause. It may consists of one word or several. If it is one word, then…

In grammar this word is used in two separate but linked ways:  It describes a particular word class in…

This word is a classifying Adjective. Classifying adjectives put things into groups or classes so they cannot normally be modified…

Countable nouns have both a singular and a plural form. Most nouns are countable, because they refer to things that…

A verb that takes an object: Subject Verb Object They hit the crossbar. Some verbs are always or usually transitive.…

This has three uses:  Adverb: I didn’t know it then, but I know it now.  Conjunction: The President…