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There is something in English called an "adverbial objective." It is a noun that answers an adverb question....I will see you tomorrow."Tomorrow" is a noun that in this sentence is answering "when,...

This and that should NOT be used to express "to what extent." It is NOT ever correct to say ...It was not that bad. ...I didn't expect it to be this easy. Instead, you want the word so, which is ...

Incident is an individual occurrence; incidence is the rate of occurrence. We seem to get into trouble in the plural. ...There was an incident last night that required an ambulance. ...There were ...

...he is Colombian; he is NOT Columbian. If the coffee is from Colombia, it is Colombian coffee. Happy punctuating! Margie

Yesterday we determined that the verb form in a dependent clause is determined by the word the clause modifies, which sets us up for a bit of a dilemma in this sentence: ...John is one of the men ...

From the many rules for subject/verb agreement, we are picking the most difficult one to discuss. First, the groundwork: When the subject is singular, the verb is singular; when the subject is plu...

So often we are told that, when "used" is past tense, to be sure to include the "d" on "used" with the word "to" after. ...He used to go with her. ...She was used to really good treatment. The re...

Here is the link to register for my RPR/CSR (or I just want an overall review) English review class this weekend. http://www.ccr.edu/index.php/component/content/article/43-webinars/437-cre301-csrr...

A preposition must have a noun or pronoun as its object. If there is no object, we don't call the word a preposition. ...She took it OUT. ("Out" is an adverb.) ...She too it OUT the door. ("Out" i...