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.
Category: Grammar Explanations
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.
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.
Grammar: Elliptical Clause
Most of us aren’t aware of how often we use the logical elliptical clause every day. And it is always missing something in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar Explanation: As
For such a tiny word, as packs a punch in grammar in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Participle
Explore the verb-as-adjective in the form of a participle in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Infinitive
To be or looking forward to being, that is the question in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It about the infinitive as it differs from gerunds and participles.
Grammar: Noun
Nouns are people, places, things, or ideas; proper, specific, or common. Without ’em, we wouldn’t know if where we were, what we’re doing, or who we’re reading about!