Dangling participles mangle meaning
Dangling participles mangle meaning The rule: A Dangling participle is a modifying word that is in the wrong place in a sentence for the noun it is intend to describe, leading to ambiguous or scrambled meaning.
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How to spot the difference between regular and irregular verbs
How to spot the difference between regular and irregular verbs? The rule: The past forms for irregular verbs either change completely from the base form(the infinitive) or remain the same in all three forms, or the past forms change from the infinitive but the simple and participle form do not en in “ed”. All verbs,…
The spelling conventions for singular and plural nouns
The spelling conventions for singular and plural nouns The rule: Regular nouns form their plural by adding “s” or “es” to the singular. Irregular nouns form their plural by changing their endings in a variety of different ways or remaining the same in both singular and plural. To make regular nouns plural, add ‑s to…
How to use “Much” and “Many”
English grammar: How to use “Much” and “Many” When forming questions and statements relating to quantities and amounts of something, many/fewer is used with countable nouns and much/less with uncountable nouns. Example I do have much money They own many houses. Jhon owns many properties in Spain. We didn’t earn much profit this year. How…
Recognizing the Subject and the Object in a Sentence
Recognizing the Subject and the Object in a Sentence: Sentences, as we have seen, are usually constructed with a subject, a verb and object.These sentences also have what is known as “voices”. Namely an active voice or passive voice. The subject is usually the thing or person who is carrying out an action. The object…
When is a Sentence, Not a Sentence?
When is a Sentence, Not a Sentence? A sentence always begin with a capital letter and end in either a full stop, exclamation or question mark. I am UKgoodbye’ blog writer. Complex sentences are sentences that contain an independent clause and secondary dependent clause: The dog barks because it is hungry, but the cat meows…
