Like the subject, the object is usually a noun (‘the piano’) or a noun phrase, (‘the big, black piano’). Verbs that take objects describe some kind of action rather than a state of being.

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 ...

I don’t usually read advice columns. If I need to tell my great-grandmother to lay off the Cuervo or tell a co-worker I don’t want to attend her nudist wedding, I can find the words without any help.

Betsy in Albany had a great question about "I" versus "me." Consider the sentence: "John's hidden agenda was to make George and I say nice things about him." Should that "I" be "me"? Advertisement ...

Like the subject, the object is usually a noun (‘the piano’) or a noun phrase, (‘the big, black grand piano’). Verbs that take objects describe some kind of action rather than a state of being.

The manifest world comprises perceptions of the body, emotions of the mind and thoughts of the intellect. The world is the object of experience while the Self within, the unmanifest subject of ...

If Kim Jong Il plays charades, his hand gestures might look just like George Bush’s, a new study suggests. It seems that, regardless of the sentence structure of their native tongue, non-verbal ...