The English Speaker That Used the ‘Wrong’ Relative Pronoun: Subordinating...
According to the prescriptive grammar rule, the relative pronoun who should be used for people, and the relative pronoun that should be used for places and things. But why? I, as a native English...
View ArticleThe English Interrogative Pronoun System
Interrogative pronouns are a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause. Similar to interrogative determiners, interrogative pronouns are most often used in questions to...
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The Write Way: 8 Commonly Misused Words Infographic
Learn about some of the most commonly confused words in an infographic from Online Schooling. Image Credits The Write Way: 8 Commonly Misused Words Infographic: http://www.onlineschooling.net/ The post...
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15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly Infographic
Learn about fifteen grammatical gaffes to avoid to improve your writing in a handy infographic from Copyblogger. Image Credits 15 Grammar Goods That Make You Look Silly Infographic:...
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10 Commonly Misunderstood Words in English Infographic
With the understanding that language changes, learn about ten commonly misunderstood words in the English language in an informative infographic from Grammar.net. Image Credits 10 Commonly...
View ArticleGrammar Rules to Only Sometimes Follow
Many well-meaning but misinformed grammarians and language purists argue in favor of prescriptive grammatical rules. And the English language has no shortage of prescriptions. However, prescriptive...
View ArticleLinguistic Non-errors in the English Language
There is no shortage of prescriptive rules — rules about what to do and what not to do — for the English language. However, not all grammar rules are created equally. In fact, many of the most widely...
View ArticlePrepositions and the Vampires of ‘The Twilight Saga': Beyond the Prescriptive
Although the joke “prepositions are not words to end sentences with” comments on a prescriptive grammar proscription for prepositions, prepositions fulfill a variety of functions in a number of...
View ArticleWord Crimes: A Fabulous Grammatical Parody from Weird Al Yankovic
Are you guilty of any word crimes? Weird Al lists a number of offenses in a fabulous grammatical parody of “Blurred Lines.” The post Word Crimes: A Fabulous Grammatical Parody from Weird Al Yankovic...
View ArticleThe Ideology of Teaching English Prepositions
An ideology, as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, is a “systematic scheme of ideas, usually relating to politics or society, or to the conduct of a class or group, and regarded as justifying...
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