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...
The Etymology of Thanksgiving Terms Have you ever wondered where certain Thanksgiving terms originated from? Working as a professional writer has made me curious about where the English language came from, so I decided to geek out and study the origins of some words...
Commonly Confused Words: Its vs. It’s and Its’ Its vs. it’s and its’ … sounds confusing right? It’s not! If there is one absolute in life, it is this: The English language is ridiculous. The guidelines often seem so arbitrarily set that I have...
Appositives: What Is an Appositive Phrase? When I taught English grammar to college freshmen, one of my favorite lessons was on the appositive and the appositive phrase. It seemed like my students could grasp these concepts more quickly than other grammar lessons....
What Is the Subjunctive Mood? If I were a morning person, I would be able to get in an exercise routine before my kids get up and go to school. (I suppose you could say I am partially a morning person, but I just have a bad habit of procrastinating.) I am expressing...
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