Direct object pronouns replace the noun that is the object of a sentence (the thing that the verb, or action, is done to). Watch the video to find out how to use direct object pronouns in French. Or ...

When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

To recall, intransitive verbs are handicapped by their inability to take a direct object. Another way of saying this is that ...

See anything wrong with that sentence? Most people probably don’t, but there is a problem with it and, for me, the problem is eye-opening. Here’s the issue: If you want to be as proper and correct as ...

Passive and active voice simply refer to the relationship of the subject to the verb. In a sentence using the active voice, the subject of the sentence (doer) performs the action described by the verb ...