by Britainy Sorenson | Jun 1, 2023 | GrammarSpot
What Are Modal Verbs of Probability? Modal verbs of probability may seem like intimidating parts of language, but they’re actually verb structures that are found in everyday speech and cwriting. When you’re looking through the latest gossip magazine regarding George...
by Britainy Sorenson | Jul 12, 2022 | GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
What Are Helping Verbs? I am a person small in stature, which is something my three boys will probably figure out someday. I am not tiny per se, but I am a bit on the short side. This means that when I need to reach something that’s on the top shelf at the store or...
by Britainy Sorenson | Jun 8, 2022 | GrammarSpot
What Are Past Modal Verbs? “Shoulda, coulda, woulda” is a common slang term in the English language (and one that I use far too often) that means there’s no point in dwelling on how something should have, could have or would have been different. Some people change up...
by Kerry McCarthy | May 8, 2022 | Writing Tips
Spice Up Any Sentence With a Compound Verb Verbs are extremely powerful words. In fact a verb alone can make up a whole sentence. When my niece was very little, her favorite sentence was just two letters long. It consisted of a single verb: Go! Most sentences, and...
