The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Conclusion: Videos Video Summary Back at Marie’s Cozy Beach Cottage, Thomas reviews what you’ve explored in the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course as a whole. Then he wishes you well and offers one last insight about your ongoing journey with language. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “We have come[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 26: Videos Video Summary Back in his Cozy Writing Yurt, Thomas shows how to diagram the sentence he shared in Lessons Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five: “The tree grows to the side and up.” He then allows himself to dream of a treehouse writing yurt before reaffirming the great[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 25: Videos Video Summary Beside, beneath, and upon a swinging bridge between two treehouses, Thomas introduces the topic of diagramming prepositional phrases. He then invites you to try a little diagramming challenge! Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Prepositional phrases are placed below the words they modify. The[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 24: Videos Video Summary In a seaside garden, Thomas answers a question you may have about diagramming interrogative sentences. Then he introduces four-part sentences with an example offered by a beautiful old tree. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “A sentence may have four parts: the main subject[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 23: Videos Video Summary Beside and under and over a ferry dock, Thomas clarifies how a sentence diagram can help us and gives one more example of a two-part sentence. Then he introduces three-part sentences with a seafaring example. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “A sentence may[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 22: Videos Video Summary Beside a simple and noble lighthouse, Thomas introduces the idea of sentence diagramming. He also gives two picturesque ways of thinking about diagramming sentences that you may find very useful. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Diagramming is a method by which we can[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 21: Videos Video Summary Alongside a river and in front of a dramatic waterfall, Thomas shares an important insight about what it means to understand the basics: “Basics are not something you leave behind, but rather something that you build upon.” He then helps you prepare for[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 20: Videos Video Summary Above and beside a beautiful waterfall, Thomas introduces the concept of a noun clause and gives a few free-flowing examples. Then he shows how your own understanding, like the river behind him, is continuing its own majestic journey. Lesson from Marie Video Summary[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 19: Videos Video Summary Continuing beside the free-flowing river, Thomas introduces another and now more common term for adverb clauses, “adverbial clauses,” and shares another important feature of such clauses. Then he offers a creative writing activity for you to try! Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Adverb[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 18: Videos Video Summary Alongside a free-flowing river, Thomas clarifies the distinction between restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses. He also shares some helpful examples of these clauses and an easy way to decide between using the relative pronouns that or which. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Adverb clauses[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 17: Videos Video Summary Beside a waterfall in the woods, Thomas explores the question of when, and when not, to omit the relative pronoun that. The key, as always, is asking which option better serves clarity of meaning. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Adjective clauses do the[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 16: Videos Video Summary Walking through the woods, Thomas shares his excitement about clauses and highlights two points about Marie’s most recent lesson. First, he underscores the importance of subordinate or dependent clauses. And second, he shows what happens when we form a compound sentence in which[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 15: Videos Video Summary Out on a sunny beach, Thomas clarifies a potentially confusing situation with conjunctive or relative pronouns. The principle to remember is this: the correct case of a pronoun depends on its place in its clause. He then looks forward to exploring one of[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 14: Videos Video Summary Thomas takes us on a picnic in Marie’s favorite picnic spot in the orchard to talk about whiz-deletions. Using three clear examples, he shows how whiz-deletions can make our sentences more compact and direct, but also have to be used in a way[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 13: Videos Video Summary In the midst of a flowering garden beside the sea, Thomas explores noncomparable adjectives and noncomparable adverbs, giving examples of each. He also gives two example sentences of relative pronouns in action—and in bloom! Lesson from Marie Video Summary “A conjunctive pronoun is[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 12: Videos Video Summary Out in the garden, gathering greens for a healthy greens smoothie, Thomas explains that conjunctive adjectives are now more commonly called relative adjectives. He also introduces the concept of relative pronouns and shows how conjunctive adverbs can be used to link not only[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 11: Videos Video Summary In his combination library and music studio, Thomas explores how, in language as in life, the same thing can often serve several purposes at the same time. He then introduces the idea of a literary broadside, offers a creative writing activity, and gives[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 10: Videos Video Summary As Thomas cleans the dome of his Cozy Writing Yurt, he gives several more examples of objective complements and predicate adjectives. He also shares a creative writing activity for exploring the use of predicate adjectives. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Adverbs are words[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 9: Videos Video Summary In the Monarch Sculpture Park, outside Olympia, Washington, Thomas uses the fanciful sculptures to give some more helpful examples of noun phrases. He then shares a suggestion on how to watch this lesson’s review of adjectives. Lesson from Marie Video Summary “Adjectives are[…]

The Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Level Two Lesson 8: Videos Video Summary In the Monarch Sculpture Park, outside Olympia, Washington, Thomas walks among the fanciful sculptures and uses them to clarify the difference between adjective phrases and phrasal adjectives. He then introduces the topic of noun phrases with an example about taking flight! Lesson from[…]