Infinitive – English editing.

In grammar this word is used in two separate but linked ways:  It describes a particular word class in the same way that ‘noun’, ‘preposition’, and ‘adjective’ do.  It describes a part of a clause in the same way that ‘subject’, ‘object’, and ‘complement’ do. In this sense it is sometimes called the […]

Some compound words are linked by a hyphen. There is no simple rule to help know which compounds need hyphens and which do not. Hyphens are, however, being used less and less, especially in compound nouns. People tend to write website rather than website, and air raid instead of air-raid. Hyphens are still often used: […]

A subordinate clause in a complex sentence forming one of the following elements:  Subject: What they want to do next is to use deuterium and tritium in the machine.  Object: We don’t just let them do what they want to do.  Subject Complement: This what they want to do.  Object Complement: […]