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 »
Most learners feel reasonably confident about plural nouns — until they aren’t. Adding -s to book to get books feels
Plural Nouns in English — Rules, Irregular Forms and What Nobody Warns You About Read Post »
