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Fun with Phrasals! Verbs that stake a claim on specific prepositions can take on new meaning, turning boring verb/preposition combinations into fun phrasal verbs.   Embed this image to your site: [Infographic provided by Grammar.net] To download high-resolution poster click here The Average Verb and Preposition Some verbs need a preposition as a helper, and…

The words such and so are used in a similar fashion and are often confused, but they are two different words that should not be interchanged. The foundational so and such differences are the types of words they are used to modify. Embed this image to your site: [Infographic provided by Grammar.net] To download high-resolution…

Any well-used language evolves; words and idioms fade in and out of the English tongue as the personality of American culture changes. Dictionary companies examine what people are saying and which words they use to say it, and several words each year are selected for inclusion into the new dictionaries. In this way, words become…

What are Idioms? An idiom is a phrase in which the meaning has little or nothing to do with the literal wording. Examples of idioms in general speech are “raining cats and dogs” and “keep an eye out.” The first indicates a heavy downpour of rain, while the second means to keep watch for something….