Have you ever been in that situation where you’re randomly writing a sentence and all of a sudden you can’t seem to remember the right spelling of a word? Or maybe you’re typing and autocorrect changes the spelling of a word you once thought was right? It can be annoying. In this article, I’ll be […]
In this section of our Parts of Speech series, we shall be considering pronouns. Pronouns are words that function in sentences as substitutions or replacements for nouns. The use of pronouns makes it possible to avoid repeating a noun more than once. They substitute for nouns in sentences when the listener or reader is aware
A tense is a form of verb that allows you to express time. Tenses are very vital in the English language. We use them in both writing and oral communication. These tenses indicate the time at which an event occurred. There are three types of verb tenses. However, for each of these, there are four
Moving further with our series on parts of speech. I’ll introduce you to the next part of speech in English: adverbs. What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, an entire sentence or even other adverbs. It provides more information about the verb or the action of
You probably remember what nouns are, what pronouns are, what verbs are, and maybe even what adverbs and adjectives are, but prepositions? It may sound familiar, but you might also not know what it is. All you might even know about it might be that it’s a part of speech, but what does it mean