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because subordinating conjunctionNote: Forget your teacher’s rule about not starting a sentence with Because. Emily Dickinson’s poem Death begins: “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me….”Grammar.com’s section on Pr... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
become verbExample: He will become annoyed with his situation rather quickly.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
before preposition, subordinating conjunction, and adverbExample: He fell asleep before dawn. prepositionExample: Finish your homework before you go to the movie. subordinating conjunctionExample: If he had known about it before, he would have avoide... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
beggar noun and verbExample: He gave a dollar to the beggar. nounExample: The war will beggar many families in the Middle East. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
beginning noun, adjective, and verb (present participle of the verb begin)Example: In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. nounExample: The beginning aria thrilled the opera lovers. adjectiveExample: She was beginning to get rather thirsty. v... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
being noun and verb (present participle of the verb to be)Example: The movie character was a rather exotic being. nounExample: He was being a pest. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
belief nounExample: This is my belief.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
believable adjectiveNot believeable.Example: The plot, at least, was believable.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
believe verbExample: He wants to believe in her.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
beneficial adjectiveExample: The health food provides many beneficial effects.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
benefit noun and verb Example: This benefit attracted the new recruits. noun Example: The personnel manual will benefit the employees. verb ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
benefited verb (past tense and past participle of the verb benefit)Also spelled benefitted.Example: The slush fund benefited the lobbyists.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
between prepositionNote: When you use a personal pronoun with between, you must use the objective case.Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses the differences between among and between. Click here for that discussion.Example: Just between ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bicycle nounExample: The little girl loved her new bicycle.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bight noun (a loop in a rope, or a curve in a coastline)Not bite.Note: When you use your teeth, you bite.Example: The sailor used a bight to fashion the knot.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
biscuit nounExample: My grandmother made the world’s best biscuit.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bite verb and nounNot bight.Example: A child might bite the dentist. verbExample: Here, have a bite. noun... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
board noun and verbExample: Send the report to the board of directors. nounExample: He used a board to build the ramp. nounExample: The passengers will board the ship. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bored adjective and verb (past tense and past participle of the verb bore)Example: She is bored with life. adjectiveExample: The speaker bored us to tears. verbExample: The carpenter bored a hole in the board. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
borrow verbExample: Do you want to borrow some money?... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bottle noun, verb, and phrasal verb (bottle up)Example: Give the baby her bottle. nounExample: Let’s watch them bottle the wine. verbExample: He wants to bottle up his emotions. phrasal verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bottom noun, verb, and adjectiveExample: We’ve reached the bottom of the list. nounExample: The stock should bottom in today’s trading session. verbExample: I’ll have the bottom one in the stack.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bough nounExample: The bird sat in the bough of the tree.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
bought verb (past tense and past participle of the verb buy)Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses bought and brought. Click here for that discussion.Example: He bought a new car.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
boundariesnoun (plural of the noun boundary)Example: The land seemed to have no boundaries.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
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