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There are certain ‘rules’ in standard British English grammar regarding the distinction between will and shall which you should be aware of, even if the current consensus is that these two verbs are generally interchangeable in most, but not all, situations. In British English, there has been a traditional rule of prescriptive grammar stating that, […]
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Mixing up the words “borrow” and “lend” can be a common confusion. One reason this happens is because lend and borrow have the same basic meaning, but are used for different “directions” in English. Lend: GIVE something to someone on the understanding that the person will return what is being given. Borrow: TAKE and use
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These two words are often interchanged by speakers and they are really confusing. EMINENT (Adjective) 1. (Of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere: Examples: One of the world’s most eminent statisticians. Nevertheless, it is very prestigious, and it’s often awarded to eminent people in the sciences and arts. Here are some excerpts
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A conjunction is the part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. The common conjunctions — and, but, for, or, nor, yet, and so — join the elements of a coordinate structure. Types of Conjunctions 1. Subordinating Conjunction A Subordinating Conjunction is a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause, joining it to a main clause. Also called
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All right and Alright actually mean the same thing. However, All right is more preferred in Standard English. Alright Not Widely Accepted Many people use alright unaware that it is not universally accepted as a word. It should be written all right. However, the merger of all right to alright has been underway for over
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Much means that the amount or number is great – not small. More means that the amount or number is greater than another amount or number Also, Much is the positive form and More is the comparative. In other words, much makes a statement about the item described, but there is no comparison with anything
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There are two differences between listen and hear: Hearing is the physical activity of sound falling on the ears and the biological processes involved in its perception. ‘Listening’ is the ability to pay attention to what the sounds mean and understand it Listen is often a prolonged action, but hear is just one moment in
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Appraise and Apprise are not etymologically related and share no definitions, yet they’re easy to confuse because they sound similar and are both somewhat rare. If you need help remembering them, keep in mind that appraising something often involves praising it (when it is worthy or valuable), and apprise both rhymes with and is similar in meaning
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An Irony is the use of words or phrases that express a totally different meaning from their literal meanings. Simply put, Irony is to say one thing but to mean something else. Example: Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room. The speaker meant to say: This is the best place to fight
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Oxymoron An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory words appear side by side but still involving a point. That is, two opposite words are placed side by side to bring out a point. Examples are act naturally, original copy, conspicuous absence, found missing, alone together, criminal justice, old news, peace force, even odds, awful good,
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