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| Immigrate vs. Emigrate “Immigrate” and “emigrate” are two words that have similar meanings and can be easily confused. The differences between the two are subtle but important, especially if you want to keep your writing f… |
| Idolatry vs. Idiolatry vs. Ideology: What’s the Difference Idolatry, idiolatry, ideology. These three words look somewhat the same. They sound somewhat the same. Do you think that these three words are similar in their meaning, as well? Cont… |
| Overusing “Like” Threatens Your Career Consider the Views of the Experts. New Fowler By the mid-20c., however, [the use of like] as an incoherent and prevalent filler had reached the proportions of an … |
| 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… |
| Form vs. From Form Form is a noun that refers to the shape, structure, or appearance of something. It can also refer to a document that is filled out to provide information or a request for something. Additionall… |
| Moat vs. Mote There are millions of tiny dust motes in the air. He fell in the moat around the castle. Consider the two sentences above and try to figure out what moat and mote mean from their respective sentences… |
| Enclosed vs. Inclosed What "enclosed" means probably anybody knows. If not, we'll explain it immediately below. There's nothing difficult about it. What is, anyway, questionable and often confusing, is the correct spellin… |
| File vs. Fill Fill Fill as we know is to occupy a space with something. For example, fill the bottle with water. Filling can be used in more than one way. For one, it is the continuous form of fill. For example, … |
| Tense Grammar of a language is composed of many components that’s together are responsible for the formation of that language. Likewise, English grammar is also a very vast and diverse term which consi… |
| Preposition Prepositions are one very important component of English language and English grammar. Do you know what a preposition is? You must have heard about it and be familiar with the term but somewhat vague… |
| Compound Adjectives Hyphens in Compound Adjectives The English language is remarkably versatile, for it allows us to make up words and expressions that don’t otherwise appear in the dictionary. One t… |
| 6. Interrogative Pronouns Amber, Igor, and Miss Hamrick had lots of questions they wanted to ask, so they convened the Grammar Committee and devised ways to interrogate members of the tribe. First, they decided to form questi… |
| A Summary of Pronouns We have seven types of pronouns: (1) personal, (2) reflexive and intensive, (3) indefinite, (4) demonstrative, (5) relative, (6) interrogative, and (7) reciprocal. You must commit to memory some o… |
| they're, their, there Note: We thoroughly discuss the differences among these words in the Common Grammatical Mistakes section of Grammar.com. Click here for the beginning of that discussion. T… |
| Noun Function 6 - Object of the Preposition We’ll learn more about this function in the Grammar.com section on prepositions. (Click here for the beginning of that discussion.) A preposition has one major role in the language: to stick a noun … |
| Nouns - Definition, Overview, and Lists of Examples Welcome What's a noun? Below you’ll find links to our discussion on nouns. We recommend that you start with the first topic,Nouns - Words That Name. At the bot… |
| Noun Function 3 - Direct Object of Transitive Verb In the Grammar.com section on verbs, we’ll discuss transitive verbs, those that can pick up nouns. (Click here for the beginning of that discussion.) The noun it sticks to the sentence is called the … |
| Verbs - Definition, Overview, and Lists of Examples Welcome Below you’ll find links to our discussion on the most important word in the English language—verbs. We recommend that you start with the first topic,Verbs - Words … |
| Irregular Verbs In the English language, we have fewer than 200 irregular verbs. (A fairly complete list appears in Garner Oxford, pp. 195-97.) Below are some causing the most trouble. Remember, use the past tense f… |
| Verb Function 3 - Present-Participial Phrase (-ing Phrase) Every verb has a present participle. Just add ‑ing as an ending. If a silent ‑e ends the word, then drop it: write, writing. If a consonant ends the word, you’ll sometimes have to double it: beginnin… |
| Adjectives - Definition, Overview, and Lists of Examples Welcome Below you’ll find links to our discussion on adjectives. We recommend that you start with the first topic,Adjectives - Words That Describe. At the bottom … |
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| Conclusion to the Parts of Speech We hope you have enjoyed and profited from Grammar.com’s discussion of the parts of speech in the English language. We’ve tried to cover what you need to know to expand your knowledge of the language… |
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