To start with, the error is not in ‘I’m’. The contraction is 100 per cent correct as we have in the clause, especially if the statement is taken from a speech ...

Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...

IN last week's column we discussed the resumptive modifier. We saw that by using a key word in the main clause as the subject or theme of the relative phrases that come after it, we can eliminate ...

IN the past six columns on crafting more readable sentences, we have focused on ways to make our English clearer, more concise, and more forceful. We have seen how reference words, adjective phrases, ...

We are ensuring this via global mechanics that all masteries will feature in some form - sometimes via base abilities, other times via modifiers. For example, you could build up status stacks with a ...

I had to write an ECO against the PWB on the CCA of the PFC/ADIRU/HR panel of the FDCP, to change the finish to ENEPIG as the balls on the BGA MOSFET didn't work with SMOBC and consequently violated ...

An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be used to describe the qualities of someone or something independently or in comparison to something else.