2018-08-03 Improve Your Writing with Inversion, Part 2
In last week’s Everyday Grammar, we told you about a few kinds of inversion that are useful in academic writing…
2018-07-27 Improve Your Writing with Inversion, Part 1
In English, the traditional word order of a statement is subject + verb. Never do we change the order except…
2018-07-20 The Exciting World of Participial Adjectives
The English language has a lot of adjectives. Some estimates put the number at several thousand. And while those numbers…
2018-07-13 The Mysterious Word ‘Whose’
Suppose you are at a birthday party. Everyone has a cell phone. Just as the group begins singing to the…
2018-07-06 Would You Like to Know More About ‘Would’?
In Part 1 of this program, we told you many uses of “would” in everyday speech. Today, we will talk…
2018-06-29 The Many Uses of ‘Would’ in Everyday Speech, Part 1
Imagine that you are visiting a friend in Washington, D.C. Your friend takes you to a popular restaurant. You look…
2018-06-22 Before Fearing Adverb Phrases, Read This
When you woke up this morning, you probably did at least five things before you left your home for school…
2018-06-15 Do You Know What an Indirect Question Is?
Imagine that your friend is starting a new job today. She is traveling to work by train. She takes the…
2018-06-08 Cooking with Phrasal Verbs
In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what,…
2018-05-25 Are You Hungry for Food Phrasals? Part 1
Today’s program is about phrasal verbs related to food and eating. You’ll recall that a phrasal verb is a verb…
2018-05-11 When You See an Adverb Clause, You’ll Know
In the song”When The Saints Go Marching In,” jazz musician Louis Armstrong sings about entering heaven: Yes, I want to…
2018-05-04 Can You Find the Clauses?
Imagine we are having a conversation about dance. Suddenly I say, “Because I love to dance!” You might learn something…
2018-04-27 Learning Passive Modals: It Can Be Done!
Imagine that you are planning to travel to another country. There is a lot that you need to do before…
2018-04-20 Phrasal Verbs with ‘Take’
In past Everyday Grammar programs, we have told you about phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb is a group of words…
2018-04-13 Are You Crazy About English?
English speakers express likes and dislikes in so many ways. By now, you’ve learned how to use words such as…