The good news about subject-verb agreement is that there is only one basic rule: Verbs must agree in number with their subjects. In other words, singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural ...

Rule 1: Your verb shouldn't mean something else. The first mistake I believe ReplayTV made was not to make its name unique enough to have a different meaning.

Mastering English grammar is crucial for clear communication. Common errors among new speakers often follow predictable ...

Modal verbs are useful for telling us about how necessary, or possible, something is. ... Look out for modal verbs particularly where there are rules to be followed.

IT IS a grammatical rule that a verb preceded by “to” should be followed by the base word of the verb. I have come across verbs preceded by “to” that use other forms of the base word, for ...

Let's look at how we can use contractions using the verb 'to be' correctly. Contractions involve joining two words together — using an apostrophe. They are commonly used in informal written ...

In the Old English of Beowulf, seven different rules competed for governance of English verbs, and only about 75% followed the “-ed” rule. As the centuries ticked by, the irregular verbs ...

But if it is wrong to use "impact" as a verb, it's a mistake which people have been making for centuries. The OED records Philemon Holland's 1601 translation of the Latin historian Pliny: "The ...