Parts of Speech

Showing Possession & Apostrophes (UK)

About to send an important email when the apostrophe suddenly refuses to sit where you put it

Roger Fielding 9 min read

Parts of Speech

Showing Possession & Apostrophes (UK)

"The dogs lead" comes back marked wrong — learn exactly where that tiny apostrophe goes

Roger Fielding 4 min read

Parts of Speech

Showing Possession & Apostrophes (US)

Last weeks report, hovering over that missing apostrophe — singular, plural, and every owner in between, settled

Samantha Callahan 9 min read

Parts of Speech

Showing Possession & Apostrophes (US)

"My friends house is huge" comes back with an apostrophe added — learn where it goes

Samantha Callahan 4 min read

Parts of Speech

Compound & Collective Nouns

Editor-in-chief or editor in chief, email or e-mail — the hyphens and spaces that keep shifting underfoot

Roger Fielding 11 min read

Parts of Speech

Compound & Collective Nouns

"The lion hunts in groups" isn't wrong — but there's a better word: pride

Roger Fielding 4 min read

Parts of Speech

Gerunds & Verbal Nouns

Sitting down to write an email and freezing on 'the meeting starting/starts' — gerunds finally made to behave

Roger Fielding 9 min read

Parts of Speech

Gerunds & Verbal Nouns

"Swimming is fun" — one word doing a verb's job and a noun's job at once

Roger Fielding 4 min read

Parts of Speech

What Is a Pronoun?

Stuck between 'I' and 'me' before you even hit send — what pronouns are really doing

Roger Fielding 8 min read