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conjunctive adverb
A conjunctive adverb is a word like however or therefore. Others include nonetheless, consequently, even so, and others. We can use these words to join independent clauses. When you use them, however…
vestige - vocabulary
noun
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone; a surviving evidence of a condition or practice. Most people with whom I talk, men and women even of some originality…
Wedding vs Marriage
Wedding Wedding is the name given for the rituals, events and ceremonies that take place when two people take vows to live together for rest of their life. It is an indication of social acceptance of…
pronoun
We have seven kinds of pronouns in the English language.
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Personal pronouns (words like I, me, my, we, our, us, you, your, he, she, him, his, her…
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…
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Benefit #1 – Promote Greater Accessibility PDF is an open standard that means any entity can open, use, read, and manipulate PDF files on different devices and operating systems with freely do…
6 most commonly confused words
1. Complimentary vs complementary The word with the ‘I’ means getting good comments and feedback from someone. For e.g., I got a compliment today for my dress. This word with ‘I’ is associated with f…
Octopi vs. Octopuses
How simple is it to identify the correct form of the plural of a word, in a rich vocabulary where there are plenty of rules regarding word formation, plural formation etc.? To get more specific, when…
Linking Verbs
In point of fact, the verb to be is also a linking verb. But I prefer to put be in a category all by itself and then treat linking verbs separately. We learned above that the verb to be can connect a…
Past Participle - The -ed Verb
Every verb also has a past-participial form, which, for most verbs, you create by adding ‑ed, ‑d, or ‑t. As with present participles, you’ll sometimes have to double up an ending consonant: The past …
Sexism - Other Solutions
Other tricks can help you avoid the problem of sexist writing:
1. When you need a possessive pronoun, don’t write his or her. Instead, use an article so that the need for a pronoun goes aw…
Conditional verbs
1.   Zero conditional     When your action gives a 100% result.
If you want a receipt, press this button. If you heat ice, it melts. If you want to leave a message, speak…
Aluminium vs. Aluminum
English is a complicated language and it may confuse its learners and native speakers alike due to some very similar words or words that have more than one spellings. Aluminium and aluminum are an ex…
Realize vs. Realise
She realized her mistake after it was too late. Or is it realised? Have you ever wondered what is the difference between realise with s and realize with a z? Today, we’ll explain the real difference …
Override vs Overwrite
Override Override means to add to or enhance something apart from its existing behaviour. It is used very commonly in programming languages. For example, you have generic procedures and rules that al…
Coarse vs. Course
This pair is pretty tricky, that's true, because they sound the same and it is also easy to misspell "coarse" and "course". But after a short review of what meaning each word carries, things will cle…
Cognitive Dissonance vs Cognitive Consonance
Cognitive Dissonance and Cognitive Consonance are the opposite of each other, but they certainly live side by side: if you pay attention to your mental state, you might discover that you are feeling …
Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning: Which is the Logical Choice?
Are you a logical person?
Do you weigh the facts before you decide?
Do you trust your gut?
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
In the branch of philosophy called logic, we study the laws of…
Grill vs. Grille
Grill” and “grille” represent one of the most frequently misspelled pair of English words. They sound and look extremely similar, and a lot of English users decide not to add that last “-e” anymore, …
Fiber vs. Fibre
Every fiber of her body was throbbing with pain after the crash. Pay attention to the word fiber in the above sentence and think about it. Do you believe that fiber used here must have different spel…
Net vs. Gross
Gross” and “net” are complex English words. More exactly, both come with their own, unique significations, multiple meanings and uses. The words aren’t spelled similarly, so it’s quite logical and ea…
Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
Active and passive voice sounds like something complex and complicated, but really, it's not. It's about the relation existing between the subject and the action of a sentence, more exactly about who…
compound sentence
A compound sentence comprises two or more independent clauses. You may join these clauses by using one of the seven coordinating conjunctions: but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so. Or you may use a correl…
Aisle vs. Isle
Aisle and isle are one of the most confusing pair of words as they sound exactly alike and their spellings are almost similar too. There is however, a great difference between their meanings. Most yo…
Curmudgeon or Smart Aleck: Which Would You Rather Be?
Would you rather be a “curmudgeon” or a “smart aleck”?  
Although these words are usually used in a negative context, they can both be given a positive slant, as well.  
In …


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