Grammar

40 spelling is a little weird. Why is there a U in four and fourteen, but not in forty? Spelling the number 40 is one of the oddities of the English language.

When do you use may be vs maybe? These two parts of speech often cause confusion, but it’s quite easy to get them right. The key is to remember that maybe is

How do you make do and don’t plural? It’s always a dilemma. Many verbs can be used as nouns quite easily. But the verb do is a tough one. As a singular

There is one basic rule for dialogue punctuation. “Keep your punctuation inside the quotation marks!” There are a few more technical dialogue punctuation rules. But when you develop the habit of enclosing

When it comes to writing in present perfect vs. past simple, it often depends on which side of the Atlantic you live. The simple past tense is more common in US English,

The past perfect tense is very useful in writing. We use it to show that an action occurred before another action in the past. It is a tense that concisely creates order