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| Fiber vs. Fibre Every fiber of her body was throbbing with pain after the crash. Pay attention to the word fiber in the above sentence and think about it. Do you believe that fiber used here must have different spel… |
| Peer vs. Pier Pier and peer are homophones, meaning they sound alike but are spelled differently, and mean different things. They are also easily confused words. The spell-check application in word-processing soft… |
| Aesthetic vs. Ascetic Aesthetic and acetic are not exactly homophones but their close resemblance to each other leads to a lot of confusion among English and non-English communities. Consider the examples below: I think t… |
| Coarse vs. Course This pair is pretty tricky, that's true, because they sound the same and it is also easy to misspell "coarse" and "course". But after a short review of what meaning each word carries, things will cle… |
| Flare vs. Flair Flare" and "flair" are pronounced like they are the same word, with the same signification and spelling. But while their spellings are slightly different, their meanings are actually a lot more disti… |
| Older vs. Elder Sometime back, we wrote an article about oldest vs eldest. On similar lines, today let us explore the comparative version – older vs elder. Usually to talk about 2 or more things, we use old or ol… |
| Much, Many, More... Much A typical example of much is ‘how much?’ which tells about an uncountable quantity. No one knows how to count the ‘much’. For example ‘Much has been spoken about the topic but without any concl… |
| Improve Your Writing & Credibility as a Writer with Proper Grammar Since we all age and forget the basic grammar rules we learn in grade school, I have provided a short guide on grammar for your review. Also, test yourself when you are giving birth to a masterpiece … |
| Envoy vs. Convoy Both convoy and envoy are nouns. Convoy can be used as a verb too, as we will see later in the article. Envoy Envoy is derived from the old French word ‘en voie’ meaning ‘on the way’. It refers… |
| I vs. Me Consider the below example – I did this work. This work was done by me. Both sentences mean the same. The only difference is the voice. First one is active voice (focuses on subject ‘I’), second one… |
| Insight vs. Incite vs. Invite Incite (verb) To incite someone is to arouse them to do something unlawful or wrong. It can be to stir up an unnecessary controversy or to encourage violence by saying something that may not be true.… |
| Genitive Case The English grammar is full of terms and words that we are rarely familiar about but still use them in our everyday language and speaking. Talking about grammatical cases is giving meaning to such a … |
| Present Perfect Tense Are you aware of the term tense? It is a grammatical concept of English language that depends on the verb and decides the time of the action taking place.In today’s article, I will throw light up… |
| Berry vs. Bury People feel that the English language is tricky and confusing, but it doesn't necessarily need to be. There are many words in the English dictionary that have the same pronunciation but different spe… |
