Grammar: Predicate
The predicate adds life to a sentence as it tells us something about its subject in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Author: Kathy Davie
Grammar: Conjunction
We learned this as FANBOYS, but there is so much more to the conjunctions in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Introductory Word, Phrase, or Clause
An introductory clause introduces a quick background as to the purpose of the independent clause in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar & Punctuation: Essential and Nonessential Rules
For a good grounding in when to use a comma, explore the essential and nonessential rules in this combination Grammar Explanation and Properly Punctuated post from KD Did It.
Grammar: Verbs
Life would be passive without verbs to move us — or I, you, s/he, it, they *grin* The Baskin Robbins in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Book Review: Louise Penny’s A Trick of the Light
…what it takes to be a great author. To be willing to sabotage a sweet character’s triumph, a woman who “paints dear life”. To create a character so vicious and evil!
Grammar: Active versus Passive Voice
Today’s fashion calls for active voice and more direct story, and it’s best to blend active and passive for balance in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Objective Case – Direct & Indirect Objects . . . & Objects of a Preposition
The objective case is an umbrella term for the direct object, the indirect object, and the object of a preposition in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Conditional Clause / Sentence
Conditional if/then clauses slip back and forth between real and unreal in this Grammar Explanation using present, past, and future and mixed conditionals.
Book Review: Joanne Harris’ “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller”
Doctor Who is dying, trapped in the most perfect and “happy” English village with a wicked Queen.