I want to follow up on the topic of language evolution that I took up in my previous newsletter about how the word “satisfying” has taken on a new meaning among many of today’s kids. The bigger theme ...

A lot of adults gave up on grammar long ago. They didn’t learn as much as they would have liked in school. Now there’s too much too learn. Amid a sea of gibberish about sentence-ending prepositions, ...

Looking at some unusual features of past participles. THE results of the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) examination were out. I got a ’phone call from my dear friend Shirley Lee. She was a little ...

past participle The third form of the verb. Examples: sing, sang, sung; drink, drank, drunk . Past participles are used in English and other languages to form the present perfect (I have taken), past ...

In this English lesson, we’ll break down what past participles are, how to form them, and how to use them correctly in ...