Grammatical Number is the term used to describe whether something is singular (just one) or plural (more than one). In English this applies to nouns, verbs and determiners and depending on the number the form of these may change. Nouns The usual way to change a noun from singular to […]

Grammatical Case is used to talk about how nouns and, especially, pronouns‏‎ change their form when they have a different role in a sentence‏‎. For example, look at these: John loves Leslie. Leslie loves John. The subject of the first sentence is John. The object of the second sentence is […]

In a general sense, a grammarian is a linguist‏‎. One who studies language, in other words. However often grammarian is used in a slightly more restricted sense for a person who writes grammar‎ books and looks only at the way language is put together. In the past, grammarians would merely […]

A Grammar Nazi is a pedantic soul who takes pleasure in finding grammatical errors and pointing them out to people. Whether asked or not. Collectively they can be known as the Grammar Police. Grammar Nazis will know it is spelled grammar and not grammer. They will know the difference between […]

When using conditionals‏‎, it is sometimes difficult to know when to use the First Conditional and when to use the Second Conditional‏‎. This article looks at how to choose between the two types, and which is best to use. First or Second? Generally speaking, if you want to talk about […]