A sentence is a group of words that make complete sense. A sentence always begins with a capital letter. It ends with a full stop,… Continue reading
How to build sentences – part I
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Subject – verb agreement
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When a singular noun or pronoun is connected with another noun or pronoun by using words like with, as well as, besides, together with, no… Continue reading
Sentence pattern – part II
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We can modify a basic sentence pattern by adding noun phrases, determiners, adverbs and other elements. Fire burns. -> The fire burns. Dog barks. ->… Continue reading
Three ways of expressing the same idea
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In many sentences you will find an agent (the person or thing who does something) and a recipient (the person or thing that something is… Continue reading
Singular subject, plural complement
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In English a verb normally agrees with the subject of the sentence, not with a following complement. The biggest timewaster is appointments. (NOT The biggest… Continue reading