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adjectiveExample: He’s the weak link in our office.See week.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounExample: He worked for the common weal.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verb and nounExample: He will wear his formal suit to the dance. verbExample: He got a lot of wear out of that coat. noun... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and verbNot whether. Click here for a discussion of whether.Example: We enjoyed the beautiful weather. nounExample: We can weather this storm. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounHere’s a usage note from Dictionary.com.The transition from World Wide Web site to Web site to website as a single uncapitalized word mirrors the development of other technological expressions which have tended to take unhyphenated forms as the... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
proper noun (often serving as an adverb)Example: We have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday. proper nounExample: We leave next Wednesday. adverb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and adverbExample: We will meet in the middle of the week. nounExample: He will visit next week. adverbSee weak.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbExample: We must weigh all options.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
adjectiveExample: The weird little man frightened the children.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and verbExample: The wheel rolled down the street. nounExample: The waiters will wheel the tables out. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
subordinating conjunctionNot weather. Click here for a discussion of whether.Example: We must find out whether the museum is open.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
relative pronoun and interrogative pronounGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses which and that. Click here for that discussion.Example: Our house, which we bought in 2004, needed renovations. relative pronounExample: Which one do you wan... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
subordinating conjunction, noun, and verbExample: She whistled while she worked. subordinating conjunctionExample: Sit down and rest for a while. nounExample: He will while away the afternoon in his easy chair.See awhile.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and adjectiveGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses whole and hole. Click here for that discussion.Example: She offered me the parts, but I wanted the whole. nounExample: I can’t believe I ate the whole thing. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
adverbGrammar.com's section on the Parts of Speech discusses the demise of -ly adverbs. Click here for that discussion.Example: “The old American purposes are still wholly relevant.” —President John F. Kennedy.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
relative pronoun and interrogative pronounNote: Good writers use whose as the possessive case of which to avoid a stilted “of which” construction. Those who use the latter insist that whose must refer to an animate antecedent, i.e., a person or o... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounExample: The withdrawal from the bank exceeded $10,000, so the customer had to fill out a governmental form.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounExample: The woman rapidly climbed the corporate ladder.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun (plural of woman)Example: The women decided to form a book club.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
adjectiveExample: This is a worthwhile book to read.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
auxiliary verbGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses would and should. Click here for that discussion.Note: The auxiliary verb would shows a variety of meanings. One is shown below: expressing the future in a past statement.Example: Yeste... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and verbExample: She used a plastic wrap to protect the sandwiches. nounExample: She wanted to wrap her child in a warm coat. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
adjectiveExample: These wretched developers want to destroy the rural land.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
noun and verbExample: The wrinkle in his shirt disturbed the fastidious young man. nounExample: He would always wrinkle his brow. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses write, right, and rite. Click here for that discussion.Example: She wants to write for a national newspaper.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
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