Grammar is the way in which words come together to form sentences‏‎ (or utterances‏‎ in spoken language). It is difficult to define this word accurately because people use it in different ways. Some definitions include: the branch of linguistics‏‎ which deals with syntax‏‎ and morphology‏‎ and sometimes semantics the study […]

Emoticons are a modern form of English punctuation. Essentially they are a pictorial representation of a human face which are used to give nuance to a text. For example, I could write: See you on Thursday. In itself, this seems fairly innocuous. However, if next Thursday we plan to attend […]

Ellipsis (plural ellipses) is a punctuation‏‎ mark or series of marks that usually show something is missing. For example, ellipsis: indicates an intentional omission of a word or words in a text at the end of a sentence, it indicates a trailing off into silence or an unfinished thought can […]

Saying or repeating exactly what someone has said is called Direct Speech (which is sometimes also called Quoted Speech). What a person says appears within quotation marks and is exactly what that person says: “Live long and prosper,” said Spock. In this example above, we are repeating exactly the words […]