One aspect of English grammar that I don’t remember having discussed fully in this column yet is the conditional sentence, which conveys the idea that the action in the main clause can take place only ...

Conditional sentences look at possible situations and the most common types of conditional sentences involve the word ‘if’. In this lesson, we explain the four types of conditionals. We use the zero ...

A friend of mine brought to my notice an error in the structure of a sentence in my letter that was published in a newspaper. Here is the sentence: If only the world ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...