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Category: Pronouns

Antecedent and Pronoun: How To Make Your Writing Clear!

Posted on July 31, 2024July 15, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

How to make your writing both economical and clear by being sure that each and every pronoun has a clear antecedent.

Inflection Of Verbs In English Grammar

Posted on July 17, 2024July 15, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Marie walks you through an example of how to inflect a verb for the first person, second person, and third person, singular and plural.

How To Remember The Difference Between Its And It’s

Posted on July 1, 2024June 25, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

One of the perennial confusions in English is between its and it’s. Here’s a way to remember the difference forever. The key to distinguishing between it’s and its is to remember that it’s, with an apostrophe, is a contraction, and its, without an apostrophe, is a possessive pronoun.

What words CAN’T a sentence start with in English?

Posted on June 12, 2024May 28, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about what kinds of words can begin sentences and paragraphs.

verbs are classified by their uses in a verb phrase

Principal and Auxiliary or Helping Verbs

Posted on June 5, 2024May 28, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie offers an overview of verb phrases, principal verbs, and helping or auxiliary verbs.

When to use the Pronouns I or Me in English

Posted on May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Do we use the pronoun I or me when speaking about I or me and someone else? Here’s a simple way to answer the question easily and playfully.

What is the Difference between Adverbs and Helping Verbs?

Posted on May 8, 2024April 24, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Can it possibly be correct to say “It is they”? Yes, it is, but there is another correct way to say the same thing: “It is them.” Here’s why!

compound sentence

Compound Sentence Examples from the Beach!

Posted on May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Marie answers the questions “What is a principal clause?” and “What is a compound sentence?” with clear, beach-side examples.

verbs are classified in three ways: by what they express, by their meaning, and by their uses in a verb phrase

The Classification of Verbs

Posted on May 1, 2024June 12, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level One, however, we get to explore verbs in much greater depth. Here, Marie gives a quick but comprehensive overview of the different kinds of verbs.

Is “It is they” grammatically correct?

Posted on April 10, 2024June 12, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Can it possibly be correct to say “It is they”? Yes, it is, but there is another correct way to say the same thing: “It is them.” Here’s why!

me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom, which

Inflection Of Pronouns For The Objective Case

Posted on April 3, 2024May 8, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Marie explains the inflection of pronouns for the objective case, giving an example using the whales outside her cozy beach cottage!

This is theirs.

What are Possessive Pronouns?

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

In this free excerpt from the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie answers the question “What are possessive pronouns?” and gives some easy-to-remember examples in the context of daily life.

What is the difference between a proper and regular noun?

Posted on March 20, 2024March 19, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about the difference between proper nouns and common nouns.

neuter gender, plural number

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

Posted on March 6, 2024February 19, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

Marie explains how antecedents and pronouns work together, offering clear and memorable examples of pronoun antecedent agreement.

pronouns in apposition: "placed beside"

Pronouns in Apposition in English

Posted on February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie defines pronouns in apposition and gives examples of how appositives are used and punctuated.

Introduction to Indefinite Pronouns in English Grammar

Posted on January 10, 2024March 6, 2024 by Cozy Grammar

In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie give example sentences and a list of key indefinite pronouns, such as each, all, several, many, some, anyone, everyone, someone, and each other.

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