The difference between 'it' and 'they' may seem obvious but there are similar uses that make it a bit trickier. These two words are very similar, they are both possessive words, but there is a big ...

Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns to show a relation to them. English learners find ...

You may not have heard the term "reflexive pronoun" but you're probably already using it. Find out more about reflexive pronouns in this lesson. Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. Reflexive ...

I am in the middle of writing a book on pronouns in English. My focus this time out is on standard English rather than nonstandard English, since one of my recent books was about Black English.

On a frigid January day, Ella Flagg Young—the first woman to serve as superintendent of the Chicago public-school system—took the stage in front of a room of school principals and announced that she ...