The Importance Of English Grammar

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It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between ‘literally’ and ‘figuratively.’ If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening.

If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters.

~Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

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Common Grammar and Word Usage Mistakes You Should Avoid • Your is possessive, as in "your hat" or "your phone." You 're is a contraction of "you are," as in "You 're going to the store." • Its is possessive, as in "My cat lost its collar." It 's is a contraction of "it is," as in "It is so hot in here!" • Their is possessive, as in "Their couch is new.” They’re is a contraction of “they are,” as in “They are completely crazy.” There is a pronoun, as in “We are going over there.” • Who 's is a contraction of "who is," as in "Who 's going to the mall with me?" Whose is possessive, as in, "Whose car are we taking to the mall?" • Then typically refers to time or sequential order, as in “First we are going to the store, then we are going home.” Than is typically used to compare two different things, as in “My car is faster than