WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

Step aside Merriam-Webster, Donald Trump is once again slinging definitions. If only they made any sense. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump lauded his own strike on three Iranian nuclear ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

APART from extraposition, or deferring the subject to the tail end of a clause or sentence, there's still another sentence pattern that purposively disrupts the usual declarative form to achieve ...

Whether you’re a seasoned writer or need a quick refresher on the parts of speech, knowledge of how to correctly use verbs is always helpful. These action words can stand alone, link parts of sentence ...