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What's the difference between that, which, and whose?

Are you confused about when to use that, which, or whose? You’re not alone! In this lesson, Claire breaks down these tricky ...
The level of grammatical understanding needed rises significantly between LKS2 and UKS2. One area requiring a very strong grammatical understanding in KS2 is relative pronouns and relative clauses.
In this guide, we explain everything you’ve wanted to know about gender-neutral pronouns and gender pronouns as a whole, as well as provide a list of pronouns used today. In the English language, we ...
Like many lockdown babies, Riley first met our extended family over a Zoom call. ‘There goes the screen-free childhood,’ I thought, as the faces of my father and siblings popped up on my phone.
We toss around “he,” “she,” and “they” like they've always been part of the English language, but only one of them, the pronoun "he,” actually dates back to the earliest form of English. The others?
You know those email signatures at the end of messages? The ones that include a range of information about the senders — phone numbers, addresses, social media handles. And in recent years, pronouns — ...
One of the most effective television ads last year during Donald Trump’s campaign for president warned voters: “Kamala is for they/them, not you.” Less than two weeks after taking office in January, ...
The Air Force walked back a Trump administration ban on pronouns in its official communications after realizing it ran afoul of a Biden-era defense policy bill that bars the Pentagon from establishing ...
Janet Davey is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Including pronouns in introductions, your email signature or your social media bio may seem like a ...
As you navigate the intricacies of the English language, you’ll encounter various types of pronouns that play crucial roles in communication. These versatile words serve as substitutes for nouns, ...
A handy list of links to resources for teaching pronouns Stage 1: Buying presents. Grammar Tip: The demonstrative pronoun ça. Stage 2: Renting items. Grammar Tip: Using subject pronouns Demonstrative ...