A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

To many people, the word “grammar” connotes a bunch of nitpicky rules expressed in scary terms and enforced with cruel glee. Dangling participles, split infinitives, misplaced modifiers and assertions ...

Today’s topic is going to be a bit technical. Although it centres on three common grammatical elements, it involves some technicalities, the type we usually want to as much as possible play down in ...

A sentence is a group of words that include a subject and verb, and usually expresses one complete thought. ‘Selena lives on the new space station’ is an example of a sentence. Sentences are made up ...

Conjunctions are the secret glue that holds sentences together, turning choppy thoughts into smooth, flowing ideas. From simple 'and' to complex 'although,' they connect words, phrases, and clauses ...

In a previous discussion, we attempted to understand MORPHEMES and their relevance to sentence construction. Today we examine PHRASES and CLAUSES as salient elements of a SENTENCE. STRUCTURAL and ...

Relative clauses are parts of sentences that can be added after nouns to give the reader more information. I have a dog that loves chasing balls. In this sentence, the noun is ‘dog’ and the relative ...

Last week, we started discussing the differences between a phrase, clause and a sentence. We defined a phrase as a group of words without a subject and a predicate, though standing together to form a ...