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| Causative Verb Causative verb is a grammatical expression that represents a verb that is causing something to happen in a sentence.Example:He spilled the tea.In the above example, spilled is the verb and is further… |
| 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… |
| Favor vs. Favour Languages can shift over time, even in different parts of the world. Many differences in spelling and usage have grown prominent between British and American English. Favor and favour, for instance, … |
| Taut vs. Taunt People make a lot of mistakes while speaking or writing English. Sometimes they are spelling mistakes, sometimes mistakes of homophones and sometimes a wrong word is used instead of the right word if… |
| Assent vs. Ascent vs. Accent He assented to do an Irish accent while they ascended in the air balloon.What do you think about the above sentence? Does it make sense to you? Are the meanings of the three homophones clear after re… |
| Vacate vs. Evacuate Evacuate Evacuate (verb) is a stronger term which means emptying a space because of some emergency for safety purpose. Commonly, this word is used when there is a problem and a large number of people… |
| No Deposit Bonus Terminology: How to Correctly Interpret and Use Specific Terms
What is a no deposit bonus, and what do players need to understand about this bonus? What important terms and features should bonus gamblers focus on? This article will cover the basic … |
| Dialog vs. Dialogue I wrote a dialogue between a customer and a shopkeeper. I wrote a dialog between a customer and a shopkeeper. Which of the above sentence is correct? Is a longer dialogue a dialogue and a shorter one… |
| Specially vs. Especially Specially Specially is an adverb that is used to indicate something done for a specific or special purpose. · He specially went to the shop to get her… |
| Defuse vs. Diffuse The bomb squad defused the bomb and contained the gas before it diffused in the air.English as a language never stops to amaze its learners. As easy as it might be, there are times when you find your… |
| Lets vs. Let’s Lets vs. Let's A common misspelling that occurs more and more often is the wrong replacement of "lets" with "let's" and vice versa. Good news is that you can easily observe and fix this erro… |
| Why The English Language Is So Hard To Learn The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if… |
| Idioms that are a piece of cake… 1. On Cloud nine – when you are extremely happy. · She is on cloud nine since morning, as she got selected for the job. · … |
| Offence vs. Offense The team had troubles with their offense because they key player was injured. The offence was clearly much lighter than the punishment. Do you know the difference between offence with a c and offense… |
| Flout vs. Flaunt He always flaunts about how he flout the rules every time. The above sentence contains two very closely associated words, flout and flaunt, which have vaguely similar pronunciation and spellings but … |
| Recognize vs. Recognise Recognize and recognise are the two spellings of the same word that are both acceptable and exchangeable but one spellings are more commonly used in one part of the world while the others are common … |
| Throws vs. Throes The words throes and throws are homophones: they sound alike but have different meanings. The plural noun throes means a great struggle or a condition of agonizing pain or trouble. The idiom in the t… |
| Conjunctions - Words That Join In this section, we’ll learn all about conjunctions. Great writers wisely and frequently use conjunctions to create parallel structures in their prose. And all great writers start sentences with conj… |
| Rule of Parallel Structure Though we’ll study parallel construction in the eBook Developing a Powerful Writing Style, I must introduce the concept here, for producing a parallel series requires the use of two of the conjunctio… |
| Subject-Verb Agreement - Plural Subjects Watch Out Before winding up our discussion of conjunctions, we need to visit the notion of subject-verb agreement in number. When you write a plural subject, you must use a plural… |
| Subjects Joined by “or” When you have a series joined disjunctively by the word or, the number of the verb is determined by the number of the noun closest to the verb, that is, the last in the series. One apple |
| Second Person English grammar is not very complicated it just needs a little bit of concentration and understanding. When it comes to English literature, it is yet simpler. Have you heard about the terms first per… |
| Chiasmus and Antimetabole Chiasmus Chiasmus (pronounced ki-AZ-muss) is an ancient literary device, as old as ancient Greek verse and Hebrew scripture, which when used appropriately can be an effective way to transform yo… |
| that, which Note: We thoroughly discuss the differences between that and which in the eBook Developing a Powerful Writing Style. Both words introduce adjective clauses, which modify nouns or … |
| Homonyms vs. Homophones vs. Homographs Homonyms vs. Homophones vs. Homographs The most frequently confused words in English are used wrongly mainly because they are very identical. It might be that they are spelled similarly, they are … |
