This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to edit error in sentences that have participial phrases. [8:53]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of participial phrases and participles as adjectives. [4:34]

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about when to add, and when not to add commas when working with independent and subordinate clauses. Learn about the rules in this video lesson. [4:38]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the differences among the following verb tenses: past tense verbs, present participle verbs, and past participle verbs. [4:28]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how punctuate appositive phrases. [8:05]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian gives a lesson on the topic of infinitive phrases. He also explains the way to test an infinitive phrase to see if it is used with grammatical correctness in a sentence. [5:46]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the following dependent clause types: noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. [8:16]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of "nominal phrase" to students. [9:55]

This video lesson focuses on adjective clauses; it defines them, lists their signal words, and tells what questions they answer. It also explains restrictive and non-restrictive adjective clauses and how to punctuate them. Real Player is...

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to fix sentence errors that involve particpial phrases which incorporate the passive voice.

This lesson discusses how to determine which relative pronoun to use when constructing an adjective clause. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [3:42] and review questions over the lesson's content.

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to avoid comma splices when working with independent and subordinate clauses. [6:42]

A relative pronoun is a word like "that" or "which" or "who", so a relative clause is a clause that begins with a relative pronoun. In the sentence "The dragon who breathed blue fire has retired," "who breathed blue fire" is a relative...

A phrase is any collection of words that behaves like a part of speech, like a noun phrase ("my brother Stu"), an adjectival phrase ("in a different shade of blue"), or an adverbial phrase ("with elegance and tact"). A clause is any noun...