grammar

Do you know the difference between "your" and you're"?

Many times people mix up the two words and use them wrong. Even native English speakers do so. Be careful when writing these words and remember that "your" is a possessive pronoun and "you're" is a contraction of the words -- you are--.

We use "your" in sentences like:
This is your candy.
Is your name Sarah?

We use "you're" when we want to use the contraction of the words "you are" like:
You're going to get in trouble.
Sam, you're a really handsome guy!

Hope this helps you avoid a grammatical error in English.

~Missy

There are always things that are hard to say in any language. Try saying this three times fast. I bet your tongue won't seem to work right.

Tie twine to three tree twigs.

There are three sounds that "ed" makes when it is added to a word.
"t" "id" and "d"

The trick is to know when to use each one.

The sound "t" is used when the verb ends in these sounds:
"k" examples: tracked (sounds like track-t) and rocked (sounds like rock-t)
"ch"examples: launched (sounds like launch-t) and fetched (sounds like fetch-t)
"x" examples: waxed (sounds like wax-t) and boxed ( sounds like box-t)
"f" examples: laughed (sounds like laugh-t) and coughed (sounds like cough-t)
"sh"examples: wished (sounds like wish-t) and fished (sounds like fish-t)

If you are using an indefinite article ( “a” or “an”), you have to decide which one to choose based on the sound of the word after.

“a” is used with consonant sounds and “an” is used with vowel sounds.

Examples:
“a”
I bought a bike.
I have a yogurt.
Tony bought a used car.
They built a university near my house.
(A word beginning in “u” sometimes sounds like it begins with “y” which is a consonant sound, therefore you will need to use “a” instead of “an”.

“an”
I have an idea.
I have an ugly sister.

Position of Adjectives

Unlike Adverbs, which often seem capable of popping up almost anywhere in a sentence, adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun or noun phrase that they modify. Sometimes they appear in a string of adjectives, and when they do, they appear in a set order according to category. (See Below.) When indefinite pronouns — such as something, someone, anybody — are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:

Anyone capable of doing something horrible to someone nice should be punished.
Something wicked this way comes.