1. Only Rakesh broke the glasses yesterday. 2. Rakesh only broke the glasses yesterday. 3. Rakesh broke only the glasses yesterday. 4. Rakesh broke the glasses only yesterday. In the four sentences ...

Remember that part of speech called the adverb? It is often overlooked as a possible resource – one that can enliven our letters, reports, and whatever else we may be composing. Today’s column reminds ...

One of the most common questions I get is: Which is correct: X or Y? The X and Y don’t matter much. They change from email to email. Sometimes they’re accompanied by a Z or even an A, B and C. But the ...

The preceding chapter showed how sentences can be streamlined by reducing their adjective clauses to adjective phrases — a simple process that omits the relative pronouns “that,” “which,” “who,” “whom ...

Ah, the adverb train station. If you want to find out about adverbs, there is no better place. An adverb tells you how something happens. Here is a train moving "quickly" on the track. “Quickly” is an ...