A gerund phrase always begins with a gerund. A gerund is a word that ends with –ing. A gerund phrase will always contain modifiers. The gerund phrase works in a sentence as a noun, but they are [...]

What are verb phrases? Here is the meaning according to a Google: “the part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.”  Okay, so what does [...]

Prepositional phrases describe the relationship between and object and the preposition used with it.  Words such as inside, on top, around, all, any, more are examples of prepositions and can be [...]

It is very important to understand the difference between phrases and clauses. In our next few blogs we will go into more detail about the different forms of phrases and clauses. A phrase is a [...]

Dash or hyphen? There is a difference!  But many people do not know this.  You need to know when to use a dash or hyphen. A hyphen (-) is used to divide words that split at the end of a line, or [...]

When we talk about contractions and how they are shown in punctuation, we need first to understand the difference between abbreviations and contractions. Abbreviation and contractions of words [...]

When we discuss acronyms, we really need to clarify the difference between acronyms and initialisms,  acronyms are abbreviations formed from letters of other words, usually the letter of each [...]

Parentheses are not the most common form of punctuation, but it helps to know how they are used. Here is a good explanation of how and when parentheses are used from the website, [...]

What we call a period in American English is also known as a full stop British English.  The period is the punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.  Here’s a simple definition: Period [...]

What to say about the question mark, huh????? This is what a dictionary definition is: question mark noun * a punctuation mark (?) indicating a question. *  used to express doubt or uncertainty [...]