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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Literature: Features of a Play Plays have the following features: The speakers’ names are printed in capitals at the beginning of their speech, with a colon following the name. E.g. DANIEL:, TOLU: e.t.c A play may also contain stage directions e.g. (Takes her hand.) These always appear in italics, and in brackets. E.g. DANIEL (He turns
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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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A. Structure: Nouns – Countable and Uncountable/Concrete and Abstract Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted (e.g. oranges). So how do we know whether or not a noun is countable or uncountable? A countable noun is a noun with both a singular and a plural form. Singular Form Plural Form car cars coin coins broom brooms
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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A. Oral English: The Falling and Rising Tone Intonation is the music of the voice. As we speak, our voices are constantly changing from one pitch to another. Intonation often tells us more about the feelings and attitude of the speaker than the actual words they choose. Below, the word ‘really’ shows the different attitudes
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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