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Rain vs. Reign vs. Rein Some words exist in English language which have same sounds but different meanings. Rain, reign and rein also fall in this category. These three words have almost similar pronunciations but their mea… |
“There is” - Huge Grammatical Mistake I’ll go out on a limb: Sometime today, most people reading this section will make this grammatical mistake, perhaps not in writing, but certainly in speech. Listen carefully to your sentences startin… |
Impersonal Verbs There are numerous forms of verbs and today I have decided to talk about impersonal verbs. The literal meaning of impersonal does not define impersonal verbs.Impersonal verb:A verb that does not have… |
affect - correct spelling affect verb and noun Not effect (which is usually a noun, but sometimes a verb). For a discussion of affect vs. effect, read Chapter 8 in the section on Common Grammatical Mistake… |
Raise vs. Raze Homophones are words that share the same pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning, such as to, too, two; and so, sew, and sow. Homophones and confusingly similar words are the stuff that mala… |
Bearing vs. Baring Understanding the English language involves recognizing nuances in words that may sound similar but have distinct meanings. Two such words are bearing and baring. De… |
Wet vs. Whet He put on a wet bathing suit. The aroma whet my appetite. Are you wondering whether its “whet your whistle” and “wet your appetite,”? Neither is correct. Most people’s lips don’t need to be any… |
Phrase The language of English is full of adventures and new things when one comes to exploring it. If you are a new learner of this language then it wouldn’t be long when you will come across the term phra… |
Collocations You may or may not be a native English speaker but if you landed on this page it means that you are an ardent English learner. And as English learner it is very important to know what collocations ar… |
nominal clause A nominal clause is a group of words with a conjugated verb in it that acts as a noun. Also called a noun clause, this structure can fulfill virtually all functions of a noun. A nominal clause starts… |
March vs. March March vs. MarchJust before we get started, it's important to clarify that there’s no rule that the word ”march” must never be used with capital letters. In other words, writing ”march” with a capital… |
Brake vs. Break English language is filled with difficult and puzzling type of words. One of the type of words is homophones that are pronounced the same way but mean and spell differently. The words we are discussi… |
effect - correct spelling effect noun and verb Not affect (which is usually a verb, but sometimes a noun). For a discussion of affect vs. effect, read Chapter 8 in the section on Common Grammatical Mistakes. Click here for… |
transitive verb Action verbs are either transitive or intransitive. A transitive verb has the intrinsic ability to attach directly to a noun, called the direct object. But an intransitive verb cannot attach directly… |
agree Watch out. Those who diminish our language have turned the intransitive verb agree into a transitive verb. Remember, an intransitive verb needs a preposition to form a relationship w… |
grow, grow the economy The verb grow is typically intransitive because it describes a process undergone by the subject. Thus: The business grew rapidly. When used as a transitive verb, |
Reward vs. Rewarding The pair of words "reward" and "rewarding" can be very tricky. Especially when it's not clear for you which one is the verb and which one is the noun - or even an adjective? Let's help to get your th… |
Licence vs. License Are you licensed to use this machine? Do you have a license acclaiming you to use this machine? Are the above sentences right? Do you think that one of the sentence should have license with different… |
set, sit Generally, sit is something you do yourself, while set is something you do to something else. The verb sit is intransitive, another of those “bod… |
Noun Function 5 - Indirect Object Here’s a function of the noun we skipped over in our general overview above. Look at the following example. Then we’ll discuss the nature of the indirect object. 5. Indirect Object |
Noun Functions 1-5 - Verb Dependent Take a look at the first five noun functions: 1. subject of the verb 2. complement of to be or a linking verb 3. direct object of a transitive verb |
A Summary of the 10 Functions of Nouns Here they are again—the 10 functions of nouns. 1. Subjects of Sentences The professor, John Smith, is the noun expert, so yesterday he gave the class his views on… |
Accusative Case The grammatical case in English language is the mode of the sentence of the parts of a sentence which help us determine what part it is playing in that particular sentence. The grammatical case is di… |
Indirect Object A sentence in English language is made up of a subject, a verb and sometimes an object. We all are familiar with what a subject and a verb is, but what is the object. The subject of a sentence is the… |
disapprove - correct spelling disapprove verb Example: The bank will disapprove the loan application. transitive verb Example: The father disapproved of his son’s behavior. intransitive verb |