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English Grammar

English grammar rules and verb tenses from 'A' to 'N'.


Grammar: The Essentials

List A → N

  1. Basic Grammar Rules: rules on sentence structure and parts of speech
  2. a-an-the: definite and indefinite articles
  3. adjectives: comparative and superlative forms
  4. adjectives- compound: formation and use of compound adjectives
  5. adjectives - descriptions: people, character and feelings
  6. adjectives ending in -ing or -ed: meaning and use
  7. adjectives repeated for emphasis
  8. adjective order: the correct order of adjectives
  9. adjectives used as nouns: adjectives that function as collective nouns (the rich, the poor...)
  10. adverbs: formation and position
  11. adverbs of frequency: frequency adverbs and frequency phrases
  12. affect - effect: the difference between them
  13. alone - lonely: difference and use explained
  14. a lot - much - many: when to use them
  15. already - still - always - yet: the difference between them
  16. also - too - as well: where to place and how to use
  17. although-despite: how and when to use them
  18. any: different ways of using the word 'any'
  19. as if/as though vs like: explanation with examples
  20. apostrophes: the correct use of apostrophes in English
  21. as - while - when: the difference and use explained
  22. at-on-in - prepositions: when to use them
  23. avoid - pretend - escape: differences and use
  24. bare infinitives: verbs without 'to'
  25. beside vs besides: the difference explained
  26. between vs among: the difference explained
  27. briefly vs shortly: the difference explained
  28. can-could-be able to: the difference explained
  29. causative verbs: make, get, have, let
  30. clauses and phrases in sentences: the difference and use explained
  31. complain of, about, to, that: how and when to use them
  32. compound verbs: verbs formed from two words
  33. conditional structures: zero, first, second and third conditionals
  34. conjunctions: different types of conjunctions
  35. correlative conjunctions: conjunctions that work in pairs: both/and, not only/but also...
  36. double comparatives with 'the...'the': the more...the less
  37. double possessives: difference between possessive and double possessive forms
  38. each-every: the difference explained
  39. each other, one another, ourselves: the difference explained
  40. even though - even if - even so - even when: how and when to use them
  41. everyone vs every one: difference and use
  42. expect - hope - wait: how they differ
  43. false friends (faux amis):English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.
  44. few-little: few-fewer-fewest/little-less-least: the difference explained
  45. for-during-while: in time expressions
  46. for-since-ago: when talking about time
  47. for-to: the difference explained
  48. future tense
  49. future with 'going to'
  50. future time clauses: after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.
  51. gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
  52. gerund or infinitive : when can we use both?
  53. 'if' alternatives : ways to replace 'if' in sentences
  54. infinitive after certain verbs
  55. 'I' or 'me': subject vs object pronouns
  56. in case - unless: how and when to use
  57. inversion: verb before the subject
  58. irregular verbs
  59. job - work: the difference between them
  60. lay vs lie: differences and conjugation
  61. like - look like- be like: the difference explained
  62. like - as: when to use 'like' and 'as'
  63. likely - twice as likely -likelihood: meaning and use
  64. linking words: connective or transitional words
  65. look - see - watch: the difference explained
  66. made with 'of-from-with-out of-in': their meaning and use explained
  67. make or do: when to use 'make' or 'do'
  68. mistake - error - fault: the difference explained
  69. modal verbs: can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will
  70. must vs have to: using 'must' or 'have to' for obligation
  71. nouns: different types of nouns: concrete, abstract, collective, compound ...
  72. nouns: collective nouns collectives nouns for people, things, animals
  73. nouns: compound nouns compound nouns and their formation
  74. nouns: countable and plural nouns
  75. nouns: plural forms: how to form the plural of nouns
  76. number with 'a' or 'the': difference between 'a number of' and 'the number of'

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