How to Structure Sentences Logically
I often discuss breaking down sentence structure and word order to demonstrate how understanding sentence components helps provide flexibility with structure. You can use the full word order guide to help with this here. Today, though, I’d like to discuss cases when...
Using Pronouns and Determiners to Clarify General Plurals
Effective pronoun and determiner use in English can be tricky and very nuanced. I’ve already got a few articles on their uses here, where I’ve said it’s hard to learn from the rules alone. The issue I want to discuss here is when general plurals are used instead of...
The Origins of Christmas Words
Christmas is right around the corner, and as keen readers will know we like a good holiday here at ELB. Christmas is a holiday with deep and diverse historical roots, and the language surrounding it reflects this: while the name very clearly evokes the Christian...
Should you write “all right” or “alright”?
In today’s new article I’m taking a look at the difference between ‘all right’ and ‘alright’, something which has come up a few times for me in my editing work and a point I’ve considered probably more than I should have in my...Want to Master English?
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