The five patterns illustrated below provide the basis for all other sentence structures: that is, other kinds of sentences are transformations of these basic patterns. Though the above sentences are ...

Tom Axworthy says he is no longer surprised when he learns that a provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overturn or pre-empt a ...

Yilmaz A (2018) Form-meaning-use framework in grammar teaching: Research on noun clauses in writing skills. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 14 (3), pp. 37 ...

2:17 Alberta uses notwithstanding clause in bill ordering striking teachers back to work The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking ...

The level of grammatical understanding needed rises significantly between LKS2 and UKS2. One area requiring a very strong grammatical understanding in KS2 is relative pronouns and relative clauses.

THERE are times when we just feel that even the passive voice falls short of giving us the desired emphasis for what we want ...

emolument noun /ɪˈmɒl.jə.mənt/ payment for work in the form of money or something else of value. In February, I wrote a column for the Free Press wondering at the “all-inness” of many of President ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants to use the rarely-used clause to allow harsher sentences for mass murderers. His opponents disagree You can save this article by registering for free here.

The reason I’m writing this is because it may be helpful. See anything wrong with that sentence? Some will. The issue here: “the reason is because.” Many people say that “because” should be “that”: ...

Let’s not look at grammar as a cold, harsh mistress. She can also be a fun, kooky aunt. Here are some tricks you can do to make strange sounding sentences that are still grammatical. 1. One morning I ...