With thanks to the Grammar Monster Desert or Dessert? What is the difference between "desert" and "dessert"? "Desert" means "arid land"...

With thanks to the Grammar Monster Compliment or Complement? What is the difference between "compliment" and "complement"? Compliment "To...

With thanks to Grammar Monster Round brackets can be used to insert an afterthought or to expand or clarify something nearby (usually the...

All too often we hear British people saying "Can I get...." when, for example, they are asking for a coffee in a cafe. This is impolite....

Poisonous The adjective poisonous is used to describe something (often a plant, animal, or chemical) that contains a toxin that is...

I have noticed a number of international students using "gonna" instead of the correct "going to" and "wanna" instead of the correct...

Forming Comparatives and Superlatives from Adjectives The rules for forming comparatives and superlatives from adjectives are varied....

What Are Verbs? A verb is a "doing" word. A verb can express: A physical action (e.g., to swim, to write, to climb). A mental action...

Wether, Weather, and Whether The words wether, weather, and whether sound identical, but their meanings are very different. Wether The...

An analogy is a comparison of two things to highlight their similarities. (Often the things being compared are physically different, but...