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Forming Plurals: Regular, Irregular, and Medical

Forming Plurals: Regular, Irregular, and Medical

See how to form plurals in English, from regular -s and -es endings to irregular nouns and the medical Latin and Greek plurals like vertebrae and diagnoses.

Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

Nouns and verbs carry the meaning of a sentence, but three small parts of speech hold everything together: prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. They are the connectors and the exclamations – the words that tell you where things are, how ideas relate, and (occasionally) how the writer feels about it all. They are also the source […]

Essential Spelling Rules

Essential Spelling Rules

Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses

Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses

Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs

Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs

Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns and Pronouns

Suffixes and Word Families: How Endings Change Meaning

Suffixes and Word Families: How Endings Change Meaning

Common Prefixes

Common Prefixes

Common Word Roots

Common Word Roots

The Writing Process and Citing Sources

The Writing Process and Citing Sources

Building a Well-Organized Paragraph

Building a Well-Organized Paragraph