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| media, medium The word media is the plural of medium. These days, however, using media as a collective noun to refer to the communications media … |
| Appraise vs. Apprise Keep me apprised on what the jeweler says after appraising the family jewels.English language is an amazing mixture of words and phrases but sometimes we just fail to understand and tell apart some w… |
| Enquire vs. Inquire She inquired about the library charges. What do you make from the above sentence? Do you think the word inquired should maybe have started with an e except of an a? If you did, there is … |
| arguing - correct spelling arguing verb (present participle of the verb argue) Example: The teenager was arguing with his parents. |
| Sentence In order to understand and have full command over English language, you need to know what about its grammar. In English, the most basic element of grammar is a sentence. A language cannot exist or be… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Maneuver vs. Manoeuvre Maneuver and manoeuvre are among the list of those words which have more than one spellings and which are a cause of a lot of confusion among young English writers. The word itself is a long, uncommo… |
| dining - correct spelling dining verb (present participle of the verb dine) Example: He was dining with friends when he heard the news. |
| Grammatical Number You might think that number is only related to your math class and has nothing to do with English and language. You cannot be more wrong. Number is not just a numerical term used in mathematics and a… |
| 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… |
| Dative Case The grammatical cases in English language are very important to know if you want to excel in English writing and speaking. There are various types of grammatical cases in English language which you m… |
| losing - correct spelling losing - verb (present participle of the verb lose) Example: I am always losing my glasses. |
| 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 … |
| Travelled vs. Traveled Lee travelled to the Middle East during vacations. Or had she traveled? Travel, a simple and common word of English, when used in its derivative forms can be written in two ways; with a single l or w… |
| Son vs. Sun Son vs. SunBesides their similar spellings and the fact that they both function as a noun within most phrases, the words ``son” and “sun” actually have nothing else in common. They are not synonyms, … |
| Wreathe vs. Wreath I wreathed my door with a lily wreath. Wreath and wreathe are homophones of each other that is, they sound the same, have very similar spellings but their meanings are quite different. Have you heard… |
| Nominative Case There are tens of meanings of the word case in English language. When talking solely about grammar, the word case still has two or three different variants which exist singularly and contribute their… |
| quarreling - correct spelling quarreling - verb (present participle of the verb quarrel) Example: They were always quarreling in public. |
| referring - correct spelling referring - verb (present participle of the verb refer) Not refering. Example: The speaker was referring to his notes when the crowd started to jeer. |
| relieving - correct spelling relieving - verb (present participle of the verb relieve) Example: We will be relieving our friend by looking after her ailing husband. |
| would - correct spelling auxiliary verb Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses would and should. Click here for that discussion. Note: The auxiliary verb would shows a variet… |
| abase - vocabulary abase - verb To deprive of esteem, to diminish a person’s self-worth or effectiveness; to degrade or demean; to humble, humiliate, mortify; to bring low, take down a peg. When metast… |
| abjure - vocabulary abjure - verb To recant; to repudiate under oath; to disavow a stance previously written or said; to renounce irrevocably. 2. Resolved, That we the citizens of Mecklenburg County, do… |
| abominate - vocabulary abominate - verb To dislike strongly; to regard with loathing; to execrate. Now is as good a time as ever to revisit the history of the Crusades, or the sorry history of partition in… |
