Liam from Meridian, Idaho, asks, “Why haven’t recent Ask Cozy Grammar sessions been in the writing yurt?” Thomas explains that they’ve been filming new videos for the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course.
Julia C. from Walla Walla asks, “When do we use the word amount and when do we use the word number?” Here Thomas explains amount vs number by explaining count and non-count or mass nouns.
To close out this month’s Ask Cozy Grammar session, Thomas reads a poem about learning from the 12th century Tamil woman, poet, and saint Avvaiyar and her book “Moothurai.”
Anays R. writes, “How to memorize verbs and moods, such as the conditional, imperative, indicative, interrogative, and subjunctive?” Here’s an answer from Thomas.
Imran K. from Pakistan asks, “Should commas be used to separate days from dates?” Here’s a quick and easy answer from Thomas.
To close out this month’s Ask Cozy Grammar session, Thomas reads a poem about the power of poetry from the 12th century Tamil woman, poet, and saint Avvaiyar and her book “Moothurai.”
Sheena J. from Kerala, India, asks, “How to make my son love spelling?” Here’s an answer from Thomas on how important it is to center on the love.
Colleen B. asks, “What happened to I SHALL and WE SHALL?” She’s referring to the distinction that was once taught between the first person use of SHALL and the second and third person use of WILL for the future tense. Here’s what Thomas has to say!
Leamon M. from New Orleans asks, “Can I use a plural and a singular together to express an understanding?” Here Thomas explores subject verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement, and using the singular and plural together.
Arcix from Australia asks, “Can you help me analyze the clauses in this sentence?” Here Thomas walks us through a complicated and interesting sentence.
Leamon M. from New Orleans asks, “Can I use a plural and a singular together to express an understanding?” Here Thomas explores subject verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement, and using the singular and plural together.
Jason J. from Cape Town, South Africa asks, “What is the difference between there, their, and they’re? It’s a bit confusing.” Here are three ways to remember the difference forever.
Liam from Meridian, Idaho, asks, “What part of speech is a number in a sentence?” Here Thomas explores how numbers sometimes serve as adjectives or determiners, and sometimes serve as nouns. It all depends on the context of the sentence.
To close out this month’s Ask Cozy Grammar session, Thomas reads a poem about gratitude from the 12th century Tamil woman, poet, and saint Avvaiyar and her book “Moothurai.”
Wondering when to use anyone vs any one? Here, with the help of a madrona tree and some deer, Thomas explains the difference between anyone and any one.
Awais from Pakistan writes, “The word ‘I’ is singular, but we use ‘have’ with it and not ‘has.’ Why is this?” Here’s a simple way to distinguish between singular and plural subjects, and first person, second person, and third person.