Ever wonder how Dylan Thomas got away with using an adjective in "Don't Go Gentle into That Good Night"? Of course, we've all lost sleep worry about the missing adverb, and this article explains how the substitution works.

In Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, the author uses inventive speech tags that defy the general rule of sticking to "said."

Cleft sentences are one of English's awesome emphasis-providing tools, but they're vast and hard to understand. In this post, we focus on it-clefts used for a few narrow reasons, which will help you get an introductory grip on the topic.