Types of Adverbs in English Grammar
In this excerpt from the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie explains five different kinds of adverbs: adverbs of time, adverbs of place, adverbs of manner, adverbs of degree, and adverbs of cause or reason.
In this excerpt from the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie explains five different kinds of adverbs: adverbs of time, adverbs of place, adverbs of manner, adverbs of degree, and adverbs of cause or reason.
Thomas shares a trick for finding the subjective complement of copula verbs such as is, are, and am. Simply answer the question WHAT.
Kadyn M. asks, “What is the difference between an adjective and a predicate adjective?” Here’s a simple and easy way to tell them apart.
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives a comprehensive set of examples for how singular nouns are inflected for the plural, with spelling tips.
In this free excerpt from The Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie introduces the concept of a noun and gives some concrete and memorable examples of three basic kinds of nouns.
One of the topics Marie was most intent on helping her students understand was how to write an essay. As she explains in the introduction to The Basic Cozy Essay Course, if we don’t know how to write an essay, it can be a fearsome assignment. But when we learn how, it can open innumerable doors—as it did for Marie herself.
In the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives a handy trick for remembering what a transitive verb is: TRANSITive verbs are like TRANSIT systems. Take a peek to see why!
In the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives a simple introduction to tenses. Tense is simply a change in the form of a verb to show whether the time being discussed is the past, present, or future.
Thomas shares a verse from his new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, The Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, published by Beacon Press.
Here’s a thought nugget from Thomas on what to do when you get bogged down with the details of grammar. Remember the glorious whole!
In this excerpt from the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives some helpful examples of abstract nouns and concrete nouns.
In the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie introduces phrasal comparisons for three-syllable adjectives such as “beautiful.” When forming comparatives and superlatives with three-syllable adjectives, we use more and most and less and least.
Here’s a thought nugget from Thomas that draws on a line from the Tamil poet Avvaiyar: “The goddess of learning keeps learning.”
In the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie explains how to form the degrees of comparison for two-syllable adjectives such as “pretty.” Take a peek!
In the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie explains what pronouns are and explains two kinds of pronouns: subjective and interrogative. Take a peek!
Thomas shares a verse from his new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, The Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, published by Beacon Press.