Grammar

The plural of no can be either nos or noes. No’s has also been used as the plural of No. Nos appears to be the most common plural for no…

Peoples is the plural for people when you are speaking of multiple groups of ethnically diverse people. People’s is the singular possessive form of people. Peoples’ is the plural possessive…

The word “also” should be placed after the auxiliary word “would”. You can use “also would” but it is informal and can only be used for the meaning of “in…

When using the word “everyone” in a sentence, you will always use a verb in the singular form. There are no exceptions to the rule and it will stay the…

In English, the Emphatic Tense refers to using the conjugated form of the verb “to do” before a verb in the infinitive tense. While this may seem wordy and confusing,…

Agent noun suffixes change verbs into active nouns and are assigned according to the origin of the word being adapted. Latin words get -or, and almost everything else gets -er.…

Though usually reserved for informal writing, you can use “not” to split an infinitive when you intend to place special emphasis on the verb inside the infinitive. Otherwise, a rewrite…

The phrases “there have been” and “there has been” are correct. The difference is in verb conjugation to show numerical agreement. This means “there have been” suggests plural whereas “there…

Francis is a popular name, and since it ends with an S, it follows possessives along with other nouns. This means that it should be Francis’, right? You would think…

The correct possessive form of Louis is Louis’s. For example, Louis’s book means the book that belongs to Louis. This follows the general rule of adding ‘s to singular nouns…