When do you use ‘fewer’ and when do you use ‘less’?
1. You use less in front of an uncountable noun to say that one quantity is not as big as another, or … Continued
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Who’s or whose?
Whose and who’s are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a short guide to
What’s the difference between your and you’re?
Your and you’re are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a
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The 8 parts of speech in English
VERBS A verb tells us about an action or a state of being. Ordinary verbs are called main verbs. For example: come, go,
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Phrasal verbs: verb + adverb
Some verb + adverb phrasal verbs have no object, i.e. they are intransitive, for example, get up, go away, hold on: Mary went away.
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Modal verbs
The most common modal verbs in English are: can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, and must. Modal verbs
Parts of speech
come go think want economize believe A special group of verbs are called auxiliary verbs. These can be put together with
‘and I’ or ‘and me’?
When two pronouns or a personal noun and a personal pronoun are the joint subject of a verb, the subject
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Direct speech
Direct speech gives the actual words that a speaker has used. It is common in novels and other writing where