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| Verb Function 1 - Conjugated Verb The conjugated verb performs the most crucial role in English: It forms the sentence. Without the conjugated verb, we would have no complete grammatical sentences. When conjugated, the verb forms … |
| Lend vs. Loan English has many words that refer to the borrowing of goods and money. Two of the most common words that apply to this context are loan and lend. Do they mean the same thing? Or, are there specific c… |
| Illicit vs. Elicit The boss’s illicit association with his secretary elicited for a solution in order to retain the healthy office environment. Illicit and elicit have very close spellings and pronunciation with each o… |
| 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 |
| Adverbs - Phrases and Clauses More Shouting SHOUTING time. Wake up! Again, learning this concept about chunks of words that act as nouns, adjectives, and now adverbs is crucial to your future as a writer. … |
| “Each” Each Is Singular Under the traditional rule, the indefinite pronoun each is always singular and takes a singular verb. Thus: Each of the golfers wants<… |
| Either-Neither-Both 1. With too and so respectively Differences between Either and too (both either and too are used at the end of a sentence) – Consider this example – Person 1 – I got good marks. Person 2 – I got go… |
| auxiliary - correct spelling auxiliary adjective and noun Example: Our auxiliary power system helped us survive the storm. adjective Example: The verb to be serves as an auxiliary verb. ad… |
| 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… |
| Compared To vs Compared With: What is the Difference? The phrases “compared to” and “compared with” are used interchangeably and are usually assumed to have the same meaning. But do they? In this article, we will take a closer look at the… |
| Collaborate vs. Corroborate If you are having a hard time deciding when to use the commonly confused words, collaborate and corroborate, you are not the only one. The words collaborate and corroborate don't fall under the categ… |
| contraction A contraction shows the coming together of two or more words with intervening sounds (in speech) omitted or with intervening letters (in writing) omitted. Typically, the contraction brings together a… |
| Apologize vs. Apologise If the athlete wants to rejoin the team, he must apologise for his poor attitude. Shouldn’t the above sentence have different spellings of apologize that it, with a z instead of s? Apologize and apo… |
| infinitive phrase Every verb has a base infinitive form. We think of the infinitive as the verb with the preposition to in front of it, as in to have, to hold, to love, to honor, to cherish. Infinitive phrases can act… |
| interrogative mood First, understand this: The word mood has nothing to do with frame of mind, as in happy or sad. It actually refers to mode, which is the attribute of a verb suggesting the speaker's attitude toward t… |
| blaspheme - vocabulary blaspheme - verb To speak irreverently of God or sacred things or beliefs; to speak evil of someone or something. Used as either a transitive verb (with object), as in She blasphemed… |
| being - correct spelling being noun and verb (present participle of the verb to be) Example: The movie character was a rather exotic being. noun Example: He was being a pest. verb |
| number The concept of number applies to nouns, verbs, and pronouns. Number distinguishes “oneness” and “more-than-oneness,” that is, it distinguishes the singular from the plural. English verbs do not ha… |
| gibe, jibe, jive Gibe means “to taunt” (verb) or “a caustic remark” (noun). Jibe is generally used only as a verb, and it means “to accord with” or “to be consistent with.” |
| lightning - correct spelling lightning - noun, verb, and adjective Example: The flash of lightning struck the house and started a fire. noun Example: When it started to lightning, t… |
| 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… |
| proceed, precede To proceed means “to go forward,” “to carry on,” or “to originate from a source.” The verb proceed is distinctly intransitive. That is, you may not proceed |
| Pain vs. Pane Pain vs. Pane The first thing to remember regarding the differences between "pain" and "pane" is their grammatical functions, which are distinct. "Pain" can function both as a verb and as a noun in a… |
| rough - correct spelling adjective, noun, adverb, and verb (complement verb rough up) Example: The rough surface irritated her hands. adjective Example: His golf ball landed in the rou… |
