I did not plan on publishing a blog post today, because while I had something ready to go, the release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report seems poised to dominate another full day of public ...

Discover how co-tenancy clauses protect retail tenants' interests and conditions landlords may set. Learn about rent reduction when key tenants vacate a shopping space.

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

Last week’s column that discussed the use of comas, semi and full colons, and mentioned dependent and independent clauses in passing, elicited an email response from a reader who sought to know what ...

This is the second part of my reply to a question by a Masteral student in Myanmar in early December on how to distinguish direct speech from indirect or reported speech, and how to explain what ...