A poem on the connection between learning and life
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.
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.
Appositives, appositive phrases, and nouns in apposition: meaning, uses, and a trick from Thomas to remember these seemingly confusing terms.
During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about why articles are parts of speech when there are so few of them. Take a peek at the answer!
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives an introduction to grammatical case and describes the inflection of nouns for the subjective or nominative case.
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 verse from his new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, The Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, published by Beacon Press.
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.
A homeschooling student asks,” What does ‘subjective case’ mean?'” Here’s a quick and cozy introduction to grammatical case.
Thomas shares a simple but powerful trick for identifying objective complements. All you have to do is to ask the question what—twice.
Cozy Grammar recently offered a workshop on three misunderstandings about how we can begin a sentence. Take a peek!
In this excerpt from the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives some helpful examples of nouns of address.
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.
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.