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dissatisfied vs. unsatisfied
When you are dissatisfied you are disappointed, unhappy or frustrated. When you are unsatisfied, you feel that you need more of something. Only a person can be dissatisfied, while an abstract thing l…
Future vs Feature
Future Perhaps, we use the word ‘future’ everyday to refer to what is going to happen next. Future is a time after the present (now). In English (and other languages), future is a verb tense that ind…
Grammatical Mood
English grammar is a diversified and varied branch of English language and one has to have complete command of it to understand and write well. You might or might not have come across the word mood o…
Homogenous vs. Homogeneous
If you haven’t yet figured out what’s different in both the words, it is just the extra ‘e’. Yet, there is no similarity in the meaning of homogenous and homogeneous.
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Palate vs. Palette vs. Pallet
Ever come across words in your writing experiences which sound the same? However and in whatever accent you pronounce them, they always seem to sound exactly alike. Their spellings and meanings are d…
Delegate vs. Delegation
Delegate vs. Delegation
Just like the similar words "dental vs. dentist" or "reward vs. rewarding", "delegate vs. delegation" is a pair of words that are included in the same word family. This me…
Adverbs - More Words That Describe
We’ve learned about verbs. Now let’s study those words or groups of words that describe or modify verbs. We call them adverbs. Sometimes they end in ‑ly, and sometimes they don’t.
Just as adjectiv…
Across vs. Cross
Definition and Spatial Connotations: "Across" is a preposition and adverb commonly used to describe movement from one side to another, usually indicating a traversing action over a barrier, obstacle…
Fear of Using Pronouns
Pronominal Phobia
As we conclude our discussion of the seven kinds of pronouns, I should pause to point out a problem with the writing styles of many people, particularly professi…
Serving as Other Parts of Speech
Prepositions Serving Double Duty
Many words that serve as prepositions also serve as other parts of speech. The word up, for example, acts as a preposition: He looked up
The Last Part of Speech - The Interjection
We don’t need to spend much time with the eighth and final part of speech—the interjection.
Like wow!
Rats.
Damn!
Oh!
These and other words of surprise are interjections. Use them in s…
simile - correct spelling
noun
Example: The writer correctly used the like word to create the simile “like a fox.”
tractable - vocabulary
adjective
Easily led or controlled, as in a tractable child or tractable voters. The parole board scene, like many other sequences here, attests to the filmmakers' skill at unobtrusively entering …
Price vs. Rate
The terms 'price' and 'rate' are often used interchangeably in everyday language, yet they embody distinct meanings that are critical in various contexts, particular…
Compound Adjectives - A Long List
Here, for your reference, is a long list of the most frequently encountered types of compound adjectives and the rules on hyphenation. When in doubt, always check the dictionary. Compound …
active voice
Every transitive verb can appear in one of two voices: the active voice or the passive voice.
In the active voice, the grammatical subject of the sentence is the actor. Thus, in the following sen…
simile - vocabulary
noun
A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are explicitly compared, often introduced with like or as, as in she runs like the wind. Simile and Metaphor differ only in …
Communism vs. Socialism
The terms Communism and Socialism are often used interchangeably in casual conversation, yet they represent distinct political and economic ideologies with different…
gerund
A gerund is a present participle (-ing verb) used as a noun. If the ‑ing verb acts as an adjective, it is not a gerund but a participial adjective. Thus, the expression a winning hand is not a gerund…
Exclamation Mark
Punctuation is the basic element of English grammar and without it a sentence is not only incomplete but also insensible. There are various marks of punctuation that are used in sentences to give the…
Drug vs. Medicine
The terms 'drug' and 'medicine' are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation, but they possess distinct meanings and implications in scientific and medical contexts. This essay seeks to ex…
Also vs. As well
"Also" is a more common word and can be used in various positions within a sentence. It is used to add emphasis to a statement or to show that something is included in addition to what has already be…
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…
Compiler vs. Debugger
Introduction In the landscape of computer programming and software development, two essential tools often mentioned are compilers and debuggers. Although they serve …
clipping
Clipping is a type of word-formation in which a short piece is extracted from a longer word and given the same meaning. Examples include bra from brassiere, gym from gymnasium, flu from influenza, ce…


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Identify the sentence with correct use of the superlative adjectives:
A She is the bestest singer in the choir.
B He is the more intelligent in the group.
C She is the most tallest person in the room.
D This is the most interesting book I have ever read.

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