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Amuse vs. Bemuse
You may be confused by the words amused and bemused. They sound so much the same but mean something completely different. This could bemuse some and amuse others. Don’t let it befuddle you because it…
On, In, At the time
In time When you do something in the last moment, you are just in time. That means you weren’t late for it, and saved yourself from some disaster (bad situation). ·     &nbs…
Need vs. Knead
I need to knead this dough before noon today.Though very common in English language, knead and need are two homophones that sound exactly alike but their meanings are entirely different. This remarka…
Getting Your Pre- and Post-College Finances in Shape
Reduce Monthly Expenses If you find yourself worried about past education debt, you can do a few minutes of online research and locate a lender who offers consolidation services. By putting all your…
Not Surprising vs. Not Surprisingly
Not surprising vs. Not surprisingly
When you want to use the opposite meaning of a word, adding "not" before that word is a usual preference to express your message. When you refer to something th…
Adjectives and Adverbs
Simply put, Adjectives describe nouns. Remember this. Always. What does it mean to say ‘describe’? Let us take an example – “My brother is a good student.” There are different parts of speech in th…
Vicious vs. Viscous
The Government targeted the vicious cycle of poverty. The viscous fluid passing through the pipe entered the room. The words vicious and viscous, though not homophones, have extremely similar spellin…
unique - vocabulary
adjective
Being the only one of its kind.
Note: Be careful and refrain from using adverbs to modify unique, such as very unique, the most unique, extremely unique. Unique means…
3. Compound Prepositions
A Stuffy Style
These come in two varieties:
1. two-word prepositions 2. three-word prepositions
The two-word varieties include pursuant to, according to, because of, prior t…
A Summary of Prepositions
In this section, we learned all about the preposition, whose primary role in life is to stick nouns on sentences. We met three basic kinds: simple, marginal, and compound. We learned that skilled wri…
May vs. May
May vs. MayJust before we get started, it's important to clarify that there’s no rule that the word ”may” must never be written with capital letters. In other words, writing ”may” with a capital lett…
Vicious vs. Viscous
The Government targeted the vicious cycle of poverty. The viscous fluid passing through the pipe entered the room. The words vicious and viscous, though not homophones, have extremely similar spellin…
Sample Page
This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introdu…
Verbs - Words That Do or Are
In this section, we’ll explore the most important word in the English language: the verb. If you want to develop a powerful writing style, you must learn what verbs do in our language.
Why?
The…
“Your” and “Its”
Personal Pronouns - Watch Out - Your and its
I would be remiss in my duties as an early 21st-century reincarnation of Miss Hamrick if I didn’t pause and talk a bit about serious p…
Guarantee vs. Guaranty
When you see the pair of words "guarantee" and "guaranty", do you think they are confused or misspelled? Are they both correct and accepted for the same meaning, or are they completely different rega…
Realise vs. Realize
There are many spelling differences between American and British English. In some cases, the same word will be spelled one way in American English and another way in British English. There are times …
Irony vs Sarcasm
Irony and Sarcasm are both language devices that are used to shape meaning.
Meaning can be expressed in complex ways. We are able to create double meanings; we can say things that we don’t mean, w…
Censure vs. Censor vs. Sensor
The government faced censure for censoring harmless images in the magazine.The words censure, censor and sensor are homophones and all three of them have similar pronunciation which is s-en-sur. The …
Master vs. Mister
Master and mister are two different words that can often be confusing due to their similar looking spellings and multiple meanings of each word. However, the one similarity between them is that in En…
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…
Emphasise vs. Emphasize
Emphasise” and “emphasize” are causing quite a lot of controversial opinions and discussions. Some claim that “emphasise” is the misspelling of “emphasize”, others say it’s vice versa, and other beli…
Correcting Spoken Grammar Errors
Most of us will make the occasional mistake when speaking, whether we confuse an irregular verb tense or pronounce a word incorrectly. Whether English is our mother tongue or a second language, we mi…
Fake News: How to Check Your Facts
Fake news is essentially false information that is presented as true and appears at first glance to be from a trustworthy source. 
But don’t believe all that you read.
In this article, we …
Calfs vs. Calves
English language can be very confusing when it comes to certain words and their singular and plural forms. Sometimes to convert the word in plural only takes putting an s at the end of the word; book…


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