Grammar & Punctuation – but – English editing.
A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION used to link together:  Two ADJECTIVES: Tired but happy.  Two PHRASES: Nice to look at but difficult to describe.  Two CLAUSES: You begin by…
Grammar & Punctuation – before – English editing.
A word with two main uses:  SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION. It introduces CLAUSES OF TIME. For example: He wanted to see her before it was too late.  PREPOSITION: I hardly…
Grammar & Punctuation – base – English editing.
The word or part of a word to which PREFIXES and SUFFIXES are attached to form new words. In the words that follow, the base is printed in bold type.…
Grammar & Punctuation – as – English editing.
A word that can be used in three main ways: Subordinating conjunction: It can introduce a number of different types of ADVERBIAL CLAUSE:  Time: As the train drew into…
Grammar & Punctuation – article – English editing.
A term used in traditional grammar. It consists of these words: a, an indefinite article the definite article Article form part of a larger group of words known as DETERMINERS.…
Grammar & Punctuation – any – English editing.
A word that can be used in these ways:  DETERMINER I sat in my cell, expecting to be called out for execution at any moment.  PRONOUN I don’t…
Grammar & Punctuation – antonym – English editing.
A word meaning the opposite of another word. For example, the following are pairs of antonyms: wet dry buy sell child adult . For Scientific english editing and Medical Writing…
Grammar & Punctuation – and – English editing.
A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION which is used to join two items. These can be:  Two words: Bread and butter To and for  Two PHRASES: Eight European countries and a…