The Grammatical Patterns feature offers a comprehensive guide to the structural patterns of verbs and is accompanied by a detailed yet easy-to-understand glossary of general grammatical terms that clarifies these concepts for…
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Wordsmyth Features: Grammatical Patterns
Wordsmyth’s Grammatical Patterns feature provides a comprehensive database of grammatical patterns, pattern explanations, and grammar-related definitions. Whether you’re learning the structure of English or teaching it, these tools can help! Grammatical Patterns…
What Are Conjunctive Adverbs?
Certain adverbs have a meaning that draws a connection between one idea that is being expressed and another idea that comes immediately after. These adverbs are often called “conjunctive adverbs” because of…
Grammar and Usage: “cite” vs. “site”
“Cite” and “site” sound alike and are spelled almost the same, but their meanings and functions are quite different. The meanings of “cite” are connected with telling or reporting or documenting. The…
Grammar and Usage: “connote” vs. “denote”
Grammar and Usage: denote vs. connote The word “denote” refers to what a word literally means. For example, the word “beach” denotes an area next to a large body of water, no…