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situations.But in some cases the word “an” is used before consonant ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/1-coordinating-conjunctions"><strong>1. Coordinating Conjunctions</strong></a></p><p>BOYFANSWe have seven coordinating conjunctions, and you can remember them by referring to the acronym BOYFANS. B ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/1-do-all-adverbs-end-in-ly"><strong>1. Do All Adverbs End in -ly?</strong></a></p><p>What happened to the -ly ending?We use the ‑ly ending to add to adjectives to convert them to adverbs. Thus, the adjective easy becomes the adverb easily, the adjective rapid becomes the ad...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/1-personal-pronouns"><strong>1. Personal Pronouns</strong></a></p><p>I, Me, My, Mine, We, Us, Our, Ours, etc.Let’s start with the personal pronouns, those that take the place of people or other living or once-living beings...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/1-simple-prepositions"><strong>1. Simple Prepositions</strong></a></p><p>Little but Important WordsIn the English language we have approximately 70 simple prepositions. About half of them have two syllables (under, over, behind, without) or more (underneath, notwithstanding)....</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/15_baseball_idioms_and_metaphors"><strong>15 Baseball Idioms and Metaphors</strong></a></p><p>It is interesting to contemplate how a language grows. For example, let’s look at what the game of baseball contributed to the English language. ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/2-correlative-conjunctions"><strong>2. Correlative Conjunctions</strong></a></p><p>Power WordsThe second kind of conjunction is the correlative conjunction, which comes in pairs of words. Here are the most commonly used:Correlative Conjunctions...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/2-intensive-pronouns-the-self-words"><strong>2. Intensive Pronouns - The -self Words</strong></a></p><p>Pronouns that EmphasizeFinally, the ‑self words also serve as intensives, structures enabling us to emphasize. We use them to repeat the noun referred to. In formal style, we put the ‑self word directly afte...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/2-marginal-prepositions"><strong>2. Marginal Prepositions</strong></a></p><p>Verbs as PrepositionsMarginal prepositions act like prepositions but derive from other word classes, primarily verb forms:Marginal Prepositionsbarring concerning considering pending&nb...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/2-reflexive-pronouns-the-self-words"><strong>2. Reflexive Pronouns - The -self Words</strong></a></p><p>Myself and Other MistakesThese are the reflexive ‑self pronouns, and we use them in the objective function to handle situations where the subject and the object of the sentence are ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/2-where-do-adverbs-go"><strong>2. Where Do Adverbs Go?</strong></a></p><p>Many writers make a mistake.As we learned in the section on verbs, every one-word verb has a one-word present tense and a one-word past tense. Thus: I write and I wrote. These one-word verbs are called s...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/21_gambling_lingo_terms_most_commonly_used_in_casinos"><strong>21 Gambling Lingo Terms Most Commonly Used In Casinos</strong></a></p><p>Therefore, if you wish to be a proper gambler or know what's going on when someone talks about their success in a recently played poker game, it's essential to understand the specific terminology used in <a href="https://www.casinos.com/">casinos</a>...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3_basic_grammar_rules_for_academic_writing"><strong>3 Basic Grammar Rules for Academic Writing</strong></a></p><p>Rule #1. Use Proper PunctuationWe assume that you already know the basic rule that you should write complete sentences that have subjects and verbs, and ensure that you start each new sentence with a capital letter. Apart from that, using a...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3_instinctive_grammar_rules"><strong>3 Instinctive Grammar Rules</strong></a></p><p>Most native English speakers are not English majors and have never studied grammar. Most of us do not know the underlying rules that govern the structures and usage of the English language. We speak correctly, e...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3_online_words_of_the_year:_catphishing,_ghosting,_doxing"><strong>3 Online Words Of The Year: Catphishing, Ghosting, Doxing</strong></a></p><p>What Are Catphishing, Ghosting, and Doxing?The Internet provides us with an unparalleled amount of information and opportunities. Hand in hand...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3-compound-prepositions"><strong>3. Compound Prepositions</strong></a></p><p>A Stuffy StyleThese come in two varieties:1. two-word prepositions 2. three-word prepositionsThe two-word varieties include pursuant to, according to, because of, prior to, ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3-indefinite-pronouns"><strong>3. Indefinite Pronouns</strong></a></p><p>One, Each, Somebody, and Many OthersOodles of indefinite pronouns enable us to refer to any one, any two, several, or all in a group or class of persons or things or ideas. As shown in the ...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3-placing-the-word-only"><strong>3. Placing the Word “Only”</strong></a></p><p>According to Garner Oxford, the word only is “the most frequently misplaced of all English words.” Garner Oxford, p. 239. You should put only immediately before the word you intend to limit. The greater the distanc...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/3-subordinating-conjunctions"><strong>3. Subordinating Conjunctions</strong></a></p><p>Starting Dependent ClausesThe third and final type of conjunction introduces subordinate clauses. We have a rather long list of these words, called subordinating conjunctions. Notice our friend, the word that...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/4_hard_issues_in_the_english_language_for_non-native_speakers"><strong>4 Hard Issues in the English Language for Non-Native Speakers</strong></a></p><p>Did you know that the letter “e” is the most frequently used symbol in English? Orthat the majority of the English words start with the letter “s”? And oh, here is agood one: the most commonly used words in English are “you...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/4_of_the_worlds_oldest_languages"><strong>4 of the World's Oldest Languages</strong></a></p><p>What do the Lithuanian language, the Tamil language, the Hebrew language, and the language of Farsi have in common?...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/4-demonstrative-pronouns"><strong>4. Demonstrative Pronouns</strong></a></p><p>Four Important Words: This, That, These, and ThoseThese four words can serve as demonstrative pronouns or as demonstrative adjectives. This, That, These, Those - Pronouns...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/4-what-are-the-comparative-and-superlative-forms"><strong>4. What Are the Comparative and Superlative Forms?</strong></a></p><p>Recall in the section on adjectives that we can show various degrees of the descriptive qualities of adjectives: hot plate (positive) hotter plate (comparative) hottest...</p></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><p><a style="font-size:17px;" href="/5_educational_websites_for_foreign_students_to_make_fast_progress_in_studies"><strong>5 Educational Websites for Foreign Students to Make Fast Progress in Studies</strong></a></p><p>It’s possible to find a lot of helpful educational services that function online. They offer various learning options and kinds of help. If you find good educational websites for foreign students, you can solve your greatest troubles. 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