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3 Online Words Of The Year: Catphishing, Ghosting, Doxing
What Are Catphishing, Ghosting, and Doxing?
The Internet provides us with an unparalleled amount of information and opportunities. Hand in hand with digital technologies are new dangers, and there…
Peak vs. Peek
Let's take a closer look to what "peak" and "peek" mean in order to clarify every puzzling aspect of "peak vs. peek". Peak vs. Peek Not only are these words phonetically similar, but also syntactical…
Gas vs. Gasoline
Introduction English is a language known for its subtleties and occasional similarities between words that can lead to confusion. 'Gas' and 'gasoline' are two such words, both including the word 'gas…
Their vs. There
Their vs. ThereThe quick answer is no! They don’t mean the same thing. They may sound similar and they may have similar spellings, yet “their” and “there” have nothing in common in regard to their de…
Sea vs. See
When do we use “sea”?Always used as a noun, “sea” mainly defines a very large, natural expanse of salt water. The same word can also be used when trying to express a large expanse of something, such …
Bid vs. Bide
Bid Firstly, let us explore the word "bid." As a verb, "bid" typically refers to making an offer, especially in an auction or competitive situation. It implies an act of suggesting a price for an …
Confident vs. confidential vs. confidant
Confidant A close person with whom you share the most secret matters, the kind that cannot be shared with anyone else. It is a noun and refers to a person. Sometimes, people use ‘confidante’ as an a…
Clause
A sentence in English language can be divided into various parts. Each part of a sentence serves its relative purpose and has some specific characteristics. While all of this seems simple, there is s…
lackadaisical - vocabulary
adjective
Without vigor, determination, or interest; lethargic; listless; indolent.
Note: This word is not pronounced with an x, as in laxadaisical. Start the word with lack. T…
liable, libel - vocabulary
adjective
Liable: legally responsible; subject or susceptible to; likely or apt. Note: Liable is often interchangeable with likely in constructions with a followi…
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…
militate, mitigate - vocabulary
verb
Militate: to influence strongly. The word militate is intransitive and is usually accompanied by the preposition against. For if it happened that an individual, even when asl…
Initiate, Instigate & Investigate
Initiate Remember, the word ‘init’ means “start”. So, to initiate something means to start something new or to ‘start-off’. It could be anything from a new project, construction of a new house, weddi…
pedantic - vocabulary
adjective
Ostentatious in one’s learning; characterized by a detailed, often ostentatious, attention to formalisms, especially in teaching. Here, Nabokov's aristocratic dilettantism is perfect, be…
Overdo vs. Overdue
Ram is advised by his doctor not to overdo bicep exercises because of his fractured arm. Financial experts believe another recession is inevitable, perhaps even overdue. Though very commonly used, ov…
Corporation vs. Cooperation
English is a distinctive language where many words are so similar that they cause confusion in the readers and writers minds. Cooperation and corporation are an example of such words. Cooperatives an…
Allusion vs. Illusion
The nouns allusion and illusion sound quite similar, and they both have connotations of intangibility. As a result, they are sometimes confused by writers. Consider the sentences below; The Simpsons …
Tips for Learning a Foreign Language
Learning a foreign language can be challenging, especially for an adult. It takes motivation, energy, and perseverance. 
In this article, I will share some tips about activities and attitudes…
Labour vs. Labor
English learners are sometimes confused when they see two words with very similar spellings and meanings. They read about them both and when the time comes to use that word in an essay, they are all …
Historic vs. Historical
The words historical and historic were synonymous to each other back in the 18th century meaning something that belonged to or is representative of the past. Historic was used as a shortened for…
Nerve Wracking vs. Nerve Racking
With today’s hectic schedules, everyone in their life experience at least one stressful situation every day. Anything which causes a feeling of stress or anxiety to an individual is referred to nerve…
New vs. Knew
If two or more words sound the same when spoken out loud, but have different meanings, they are called homophones. Be careful not to confuse homophones with homographs, which also have different mean…
Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure
The heading might give the creeps for if you might somehow knew the differences of these three words before, you must have forgotten them written together. Assure, ensure and insure are word triplets…
Born vs. Borne
An African-born man lost everything when his predictions were not borne out in reality.Homophones are a pair of words that have the same sounds, same or similar spellings but entirely different spell…
Hoard vs. Horde
Grandfather has a hoard of old gold coins which he like to brag about to a horde of people. The above sentence contains a pair of homophones; hoard and horde. The homophones (as evident from the sent…


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A They have eaten lunch already.
B She has visit that museum before.
C I have saw that movie before.
D We has lived here for five years.

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