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Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to people, places or things in a sentence. More specifically, they are used to indicate proximity or distance…

Relative pronouns refer to people, animals, objects and concepts mentioned in the preceding main clause. Danish relative pronouns, e.g. ‘der’, ‘som’,…

The Danish translation for today is ‘i dag’. However, many (native Danes) confuse the spelling of the word and write ‘idag’, because the two words are…

Even when your spellchecker doesn’t sound the alarm and redline your document, you can’t know for sure that you haven’t misspelled a word.

You may…

The Danish words ‘nogen’ or ‘nogle’ are often pronounced in the same way; you simply cannot hear the difference. So when to use ‘nogen’ and when to…

In English, the Danish pronoun ‘hver’ can be translated with both ‘each’ and ‘every’. But when should you use one over the other?

In many cases, the…

In a previous language tip (available from the link below), we have dealt with how to form possessives of nouns and pronouns (i.e. marking that one…

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that elaborates or describes the noun to which it is next.

Often, an appositive is parenthetical, i.e. it…

Varying your language makes your written work more interesting and keeps the reader engaged. Below are listed three ways to add variety to your…

Punctuation in or after web addresses and hyperlinks?