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Uses of Slashes   The slash is one of the punctuation marks. You may have seen words like stroke, oblique, backward slash, forward slash, or straight or vertical slash. All these are the same things used in the English language with the general term slash.  …

Spelling Rules for Forming Comparative and Superlative Adjectives   We have three degrees (positive, comparative, and superlative) of adjectives. To form comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives, we generally add the suffix “er” or “est”. In some ca…

May or Might   The two words “may and might” seem interchangeable, but there are differences between the two words when using them in sentences. If you want to be a technical writer and use formal and technical language, you must know the differences. In thi…

Subject Complement     Meaning Complement means something that is added to complete. A subject complement is a thing (grammatical structure) that completes a subject in a sentence. Definition A subject complement is a word or phrase that follows a linking ve…

Infinitive Phrase   Before discussing the infinitive phrase, it is important to know what a phrase is. Phrase A phrase is a group of words without a subject and verb used as a single part of speech. My brother bought a new car. “My brother” is a group of wor…