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Verb & Preposition Usage (US)
"I've gotten so much better" gets a shrug — here's what's really going on with tricky verbs
Parts of SpeechNoun Plurals (US)
Thank you for all the feedbacks — your cursor hangs, and here's why that -s never belongs
Parts of SpeechNoun Plurals (US)
"Mouse" should become "mouses," right? Wrong — learn the plural rules that actually work
Parts of SpeechShowing Possession & Apostrophes (US)
Last weeks report, hovering over that missing apostrophe — singular, plural, and every owner in between, settled
Parts of SpeechShowing Possession & Apostrophes (US)
"My friends house is huge" comes back with an apostrophe added — learn where it goes
Parts of SpeechPrepositions of Time, Place & Movement (US)
"On Tuesday" or "in Tuesday"? The tiny prepositions that trip up even fluent writers
Parts of SpeechPrepositions of Time, Place & Movement (US)
Texting weekend plans and unsure about in, on, or at — nail every preposition
The Verb SystemThe Present Perfect (US)
You typed "I sent the file" and hesitated — when American English wants present perfect instead
The Verb SystemThe Present Perfect (US)
You text "I scored!" then a worksheet asks for the tense — learn to nail it
The Ambiguity FilesSquad Helps Dog Bite Victim
Okay, so a headline walks into your feed and, for one beautiful second, a squad of first responders is helping a dog
PunctuationQuotation Marks (US English)
Mid-sentence in a Slack message, you freeze — does the full stop go inside the quote marks
Caught My EyeApple's £1
A greengrocer's sign, seen in a window: Apple's £1. One apple. One pound. And one apostrophe doing a