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A noun is a word that names something: either a person, place, or thing. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject,...

You should capitalize the names of countries, nationalities, and languages because they are proper nouns—English nouns that...

Empathy is a term we use for the ability to understand other people’s feelings as if we were having them ourselves. Empa...

Adjectives are words that modify nouns. They are often called “describing words” because they give us further details about...

Everyone vs. Every One The pronoun everyone may be replaced by everybody. It is used to refer to all the people in a grou...

According to History.com, a woman named Anna Jarvis created the American version of the holiday in 1908, prompted by the pa...

You ought to learn to use the word “ought.” What you see above is a usage example of the verb “ought,” which has...

It’s spring, a season of hope and renewal! Celebrate spring with these three poems about the beauty of the season. “Flowe...

Murder, torture, mass death by plague…not exactly the stuff of children’s literature, right? Actually, if you read the rhy...

Guest post from Nick Marquet If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If you ...