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| What Nouns Do What do nouns do in our language? It’s crucial that you know, for you cannot begin to engage in any kind of grammatical analysis without knowing the roles of all eight parts of speech. The main ro… |
| How to form embedded questions? What is your favorite color? I guess the answer isn’t black. If it is black, then fine because I love black too. Let’s ask this question a bit differently. Would you tell me what your favorite color … |
| Frequently Asked Questions A lot or Alot? A or An? Accept or Except? Acronyms and Initialisms? Active or Passive Verbs? Affect or Effect? All Ready or Already? Allusion or Illusion? Among or Am… |
| Common Grammatical Mistakes We have broken some of the longer topics into multiple pages. So watch for references to “Pages 1-2-3” at the bottom of the topic. Click the next page number to continue reading. Pleas… |
| Present perfect tense First let’s understand the syntax – Use has/have and 3rd form of verb to form present perfect sentence. For example – We have seen this movie. (see(1) saw(2) seen(3)) She has cleaned her room. (cle… |
| Dive Deeper into the English Language with These Tips Admit it – when someone tells you that he/she’s learning English, and it’s verydifficult, chances are that you don’t help or comfort them by giving some tips,sharing your personal hacks or doing anyt… |
| Writing Mistakes To Avoid So You Can Appear To Be Intelligent I have quite a few writer friends for whom English is a second language and I have to tell you straight out, I admire them. English is tough for those of us born speaking it. English is a language th… |
| Schadenfreude vs. Freudenfreude Can we be conscious of an emotion when we have no word to describe it? “Schadenfreude” and “freudenfreude” describe important emotions that most of us have experienced. But we do not often t… |
| Teleology vs. Deontology WHAT IS TELEOLOGY? The word teleology is derived from the Greek word telos, which means the goal or the end, and logos, which mean science. Teleology is a results-oriented ethical theory … |
| Then vs. Than The policeman’s strategy was better than the burglar’s so he waited for him to make a move first and then arrested him. Did you notice than and then in the above sentence? Do you sometimes get confus… |
| extricate - vocabulary verb To release or free from entanglement, to disengage, usually from a situation. Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands… |
| Discreet vs. Discrete The government’s discreet decision about the four discrete divisions caused a lot of uprising. The two very similar words; discreet and discrete are used in the above sentence, are you familiar with … |
| Problem Words - Definition, Overview, and Lists of Examples The Troublemakers Many words in the English language set traps for even the most accomplished writer. Here, on Grammar.com, we’ve provided discussions of over 200 of these trouble… |
| Conclusion to the Section on Grammatical Mistakes We hope you have enjoyed, and profited from, this discussion on common grammatical mistakes. If you have, we hope you’ll tell your friends about Grammar.com. You can download this entire discussio… |
| The uses of ‘used to’ Used to Used+to – the combination usually lets the speaker tell about a habit. It could be in the past, present or future. When used in the past tense, it generally refers to habits that are now disc… |
| Favor vs. Favour Languages can shift over time, even in different parts of the world. Many differences in spelling and usage have grown prominent between British and American English. Favor and favour, for instance, … |
| Story vs. Storey Dealing with similar spellings of various words, using them correctly and avoiding misspelling is often overwhelming; though it gets easier once you sort out which spellings refers to what. If you ar… |
| Subjunctive mood What is mood? – a mood is a form a verb takes to show how it (the verb) should be regarded. For example, command, wish, request etc… Subjunctive moods tell about a wish or suggestion. Subjunctive sen… |
| So vs. Such So So is a conjunction. It can join two sentences. · I like her, so, I want to date her. · I want to wa… |
| Anyone vs. Any one Have you ever wondered what the difference is between anyone and any one? Consider the sentences below; If any one of your friends knows, please tell them to keep quiet. Has anyone seen my wallet? B… |
| Lie vs. Lye Words like lie are considered an irregular verb in the English language. Being a present principle ‘lie’, it refers to being untruthful. However, writing the same word with the alphabet ‘y’ makes it … |
| Defuse vs. Diffuse The bomb squad defused the bomb and contained the gas before it diffused in the air.English as a language never stops to amaze its learners. As easy as it might be, there are times when you find your… |
| Most Common British/American English Spelling Mistakes While both countries speak the same language, no one can deny that there are quite a few differences in the way that some words are spelled. In many cases, people often confuse the spelling of many w… |
| Flout vs. Flaunt He always flaunts about how he flout the rules every time. The above sentence contains two very closely associated words, flout and flaunt, which have vaguely similar pronunciation and spellings but … |
| Appraise vs. Apprise Keep me apprised on what the jeweler says after appraising the family jewels.English language is an amazing mixture of words and phrases but sometimes we just fail to understand and tell apart some w… |
