Grammar
- Modal Verbs: Must
The Forms, Meanings and Use of the Modal Verb MUST.Must is a modal auxiliary verb. 'Must' has no infinitive or participles. It has only one tense form in the present. Like other modal verbs, 'must' has no –s on the third person singular...
- Present Simple Tense
Usage Present Simple Tense describes actions in the present that take place once, never or several times and repeatedly or habitually, actions related to schedules and timetables as well as well-known facts and general truths. We use it when giving directions...
- Some Random Thoughts On A Wide Range Of + Is Or Are
Recently I came across this sentence in an article in the Guardian newspaper, by one of my favourite journalists : A wide range of activists, both African and European, is furious about the New Alliance This didn’t sound quite right to me; I’m...
- Can 'a Succession Of' Take A Plural Verb?
On the language website Pain in the English, in a discussion about whether it was ever posssible to use a capital letter after a colon, a commenter recently wrote: Capitalize after the colon if there are a secession of sentences following It...
- Prescribers And Describers - The Strange Case Of The Pedantic Pronoun
Annotated article and 'singular they' quiz Many famous newspapers and magazines have their own style guides, to make sure that there is some consistency in grammar and punctuation, and in how they refer to various aspects of the news. Some of...
Grammar
In praise of Singular they
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- Modal Verbs: Must
The Forms, Meanings and Use of the Modal Verb MUST.Must is a modal auxiliary verb. 'Must' has no infinitive or participles. It has only one tense form in the present. Like other modal verbs, 'must' has no –s on the third person singular...
- Present Simple Tense
Usage Present Simple Tense describes actions in the present that take place once, never or several times and repeatedly or habitually, actions related to schedules and timetables as well as well-known facts and general truths. We use it when giving directions...
- Some Random Thoughts On A Wide Range Of + Is Or Are
Recently I came across this sentence in an article in the Guardian newspaper, by one of my favourite journalists : A wide range of activists, both African and European, is furious about the New Alliance This didn’t sound quite right to me; I’m...
- Can 'a Succession Of' Take A Plural Verb?
On the language website Pain in the English, in a discussion about whether it was ever posssible to use a capital letter after a colon, a commenter recently wrote: Capitalize after the colon if there are a secession of sentences following It...
- Prescribers And Describers - The Strange Case Of The Pedantic Pronoun
Annotated article and 'singular they' quiz Many famous newspapers and magazines have their own style guides, to make sure that there is some consistency in grammar and punctuation, and in how they refer to various aspects of the news. Some of...