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…
Grammar & Punctuation – also – English editing.
This is an adverb, used to link items in a sentence or to make links between sentences. For example: The oxygen they produce benefits the fish, and they also provide…
Grammar & Punctuation – after/afterwards – English editing.
In formal writing, after should not be used as an adverb of time. Instead use afterwards: It was not so easy to brush him off afterwards. Not It was not…
Grammar & Punctuation – after – English editing.
This word commonly refers to time, helping us to explain the order in which events happen: She went back to work very quickly after her operation. It can also sometimes…