The Secret to Using Demonstrative Pronouns
When using the demonstrative pronouns THIS, THAT, THESE, and THOSE, there’s a common mistake that easy to correct. Simply make sure your pronouns point clearly to their antecedents.
Three Creative Techniques to Remember Everything You Learn
Cozy Grammar recently offered a workshop for starting off the learning year with creativity and joy. Take a peek!
Do Prepositions Have Their Own Acronym?
In a virtual classroom visit, Thomas shows how making up your own acronym for the four kinds of prepositions can help you remember them.
What Are the Four Kinds of Sentences?
What kinds of sentences are there? And what is a sentence, anyway? In this free excerpt from the Basic Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives an easy-to-follow explanation of the four basic kinds of sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns: This, That, These, and Those
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives examples of the four demonstrative pronouns: this, these, that, and those.
Three Ways that Interrogative Pronouns Ask Questions
In the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie explores the three ways that interrogative pronouns ask questions.
How to Use Exclamation Marks at the End of a Sentence
In the Basic Cozy Punctuation Course, Marie gives an easy-to-follow explanation of where punctuation comes from and why it can be so helpful.
Intensive Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns
Marie introduces both kinds of compound personal pronouns: intensive pronouns and reflexive pronouns.
Why Do We Use Punctuation Anyway?
In the Basic Cozy Punctuation Course, Marie gives an easy-to-follow explanation of where punctuation comes from and why it can be so helpful.
A poem on waiting for the right moment
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.
How to use “myself” correctly in a sentence
Thomas explores a common mistake in using the compound personal pronoun myself and shows an easy way to correct it.
Can an adverb tell you more than where and when?
During a virtual classroom visit, Thomas answered a question about what else an adverb can tell you beyond where and when.
A Cozy Review of Personal Pronouns
Marie gives a cozy review of personal pronouns, with easy-to-understand examples and gives special attention to second person pronouns.
Where Does Punctuation Come From?
In this excerpt from the Basic Cozy Punctuation Course, Marie Rackham gives a brief history of punctuation and explains what all those “dots, lines, and squiggles” are used for.
A poem on friendship that endures
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.
Correlative conjunction vs a plain conjunction?
We were recently asked about the difference between a correlative conjunction and a conjunction. Take a peek at our answer!