There is a sentence that contains only concrete nouns: “The child sat on the floor, holding a cup.” Everything in […]
Abstract and Concrete Nouns — What They Are and How to Use Both Well Read Post »
Bookshelf is one word. Coffee table is two. Mother-in-law has hyphens. Decision-making is hyphenated. Smartphone used to be two words,
Compound Nouns — One Word, Two Words or Hyphenated, and How to Tell the Difference Read Post »
English has a parliament of owls. A murder of crows. A flamboyance of flamingos. A pandemonium of parrots. These are
Collective Nouns — The Grammar of Groups, the Logic Behind the Names Read Post »
The apostrophe is one of the smallest marks in English punctuation. It is also one of the most consistently misused
Possessive Nouns — Apostrophes, Ownership and the Traps Most Writers Fall Into Read Post »
