Your shows that something belongs to you. Your phone is ringing. (The phone belongs to you.) I love your new haircut. Is this your water bottle? You're is the short form of you are. You'...

Let’s learn the difference between who and whom in a simple way. Who Who is the person doing the action (the subject of the sentence or question). Who called you last night? (Someone did the calli...

Let’s quickly clear up the difference between who’s and whose. Who's Who's is the short form of who is or who has. Who's at the door? → Who is at the door? Who's coming to dinner? → Who is com...

Should you say “the person who...” or “the person that...”? Here is how to choose. Who Use who for people. It starts the part of the sentence that gives more information about a person. I saw a...

Confused about when to use that or which? You’re not alone. Even native speakers find it hard, but a few rules help. That That gives essential information: it tells you which one you mean. Without i...

Have you seen i.e. and e.g. in writing and wondered what they actually mean? These short forms make your writing clearer, but only if you use the right one. What do i.e. and e.g. mean? Both come fro...

People often mix up then and than, even native speakers. But they have very different meanings. Then Then is used to talk about time, order, or results. It tells us what happens next, or what happen...

Each and every are very similar. Often you can use both, but in some cases only one is correct. Often both are possible Before one thing or person, both work. Each looks at the items one by one. Eve...

Is it “more than 100 people” or “over 100 people”? In most cases, both are correct. Here is how to choose. More than More than is used to talk about quantity or amounts: numbers, time, money, or siz...

People often mix up less and fewer, but one simple rule helps you get it right. Fewer Fewer is used with countable nouns: things you can count one by one. There were fewer people at the event th...

Many people say “Me and my friend went to the store.” In casual speech, that is common. But what is correct, especially in writing? I I is a subject pronoun: use it when you are the one doing the ac...

Like and such as look similar, but they are not always the same. Like: to compare Like shows that one thing is similar to another. Here, you cannot use such as. She sings like a professional. (Sh...