 Some adjectives can only be used predicatively; they cannot be used attributively. You can say: She was alone.  but you cannot say: I saw an alone woman. …

Adjectives are words that refers to the qualities of people, things, or ideas, or which group them into classes.  Most adjectives can be used with a noun and usually…

The commonest titles used in addresses are: Miss Mr Mrs Ms Mr and Mrs are straightforward to use. Mr is used for all men who have no other title, while…

Styles for the presentation of addresses in letters and on envelopes have changed over the years. Recommended practice is to set addresses with the left hand end of lines square…

Some writers like to begin a sentence with It, followed by the passive. For example, the following sentence concerns the options available to a woman who has been attacked: It…

Using the passive voice has a number of disadvantages. It tends to sound rather formal and remote: Volunteers were sought to set up the tables. It can lead to rather…

TRANSITIVE VERBS (verbs that take an object) can be used in two ways, or ‘voices’: active and passive: ACTIVE: The dog bit him. PASSIVE: He was bitten by the dog.…

An ABBREVIATION composed of the first letters of other words so that the abbreviation itself forms a word. For example: CRASH: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and…