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| Auxiliary Verbs - Called “Helping Verbs” Some people refer to auxiliary verbs as helping verbs. The main verbs we use in the English language break down into the four major verb types: 1. action transitive verbs 2. action intransitive… |
| Elicit vs Illicit Elicit Elicit is a verb which means to get or extract something (a fact, answer, reaction, information) from someone. It can be used in both positive and negative sense. The word draws its roots from… |
| Copyright vs Copywrite Copyright Copyright is a noun, which means exclusive legal rights of something – a work of art, music, document, poem, film name or any original work. This object or piece of work cannot be copied or… |
| A Summary of Verbs We’re going to return to verbs in more detail below, but now let’s summarize what you’ve learned. For right now, you need to remember that all verbs break down into five groups. A Summary … |
| Cue vs. Queue Cue” and “queue” are one of the problematic English words, especially for inexperienced users. The confusion is owed, obviously, to the amazing similarity between their pronunciation. If you don’t se… |
| Zoo vs. Zoology If you also feel confused by these two words – quite similar in both spelling and significance – then this article is for you. Read the explanations and examples below to understand what ”zoo” means … |
| Organize vs. Organise They hired a professional to help organize their wedding. His office is a mess. He needs someone to help him organise his work. Organise and organize are the two spellings of the same word, but which… |
| Calfs vs. Calves English language can be very confusing when it comes to certain words and their singular and plural forms. Sometimes to convert the word in plural only takes putting an s at the end of the word; book… |
| Every day vs. Everyday When do I use the words: “every day”? “Every day may not be goodBut there is good in every day.” Alice Morse Earle The words every day describe the frequency of something. The word every … |
| Compound Adjectives Hyphens in Compound Adjectives The English language is remarkably versatile, for it allows us to make up words and expressions that don’t otherwise appear in the dictionary. One t… |
| Savior vs. Saviour 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. Saviour and savior, for instance… |
| 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… |
| Envoy vs. Convoy Both convoy and envoy are nouns. Convoy can be used as a verb too, as we will see later in the article. Envoy Envoy is derived from the old French word ‘en voie’ meaning ‘on the way’. It refers… |
| Savior vs. Saviour 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. Saviour and savior, for instance… |
| Chapter 12 - Quotation Marks Introduction Before we get to the use of quotation marks to show direct quotation, let's look briefly at some special uses of the mark. Irony or Sarcasm |
| Quiz vs. Test Quiz vs. Test Both "quiz" and "test" refer to some kind of evaluation or assessment - whether it is in an academic context or not. We seem to see the word "quiz" used often on the internet, rather th… |
| lay, lie The vast majority of people butcher these two words. Quite simply, the word lie is an intransitive verb showing that someone or something is in a reclining position. (An intransit… |
| In vs. Inn So in order to give you a better idea of how common "in" is and how often it is used with multiple and distinct meanings in English phrases, let's explain both "in" and "inn" with relevant examples! … |
| Honor vs. Honour Is someone close to you getting married and you need to print out the wedding card? Are you confused about the phrase Maid of Honor and wondering if it’s Maid of Honour? The difference in the spellin… |
| 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… |
| 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 |
| Only If vs. If Only Only If “You fail only if you stop writing.” -Ray Bradbury Let’s start our exploration by separating the words only and if. If is a conjunction that joins phrases together: it means on the c… |
| Sympathy vs. Empathy The terms sympathy and empathy is an addition to the list of the commonly confused pair of words. It may be attributed to the fact that both the words have to do with the person’s relationship with f… |
| Chapter 13 - The “Like” Word “Like, I’mlike gonna learn how to like talk.” If you have a “like” habit, the time has come: Break it. Many people cannot make it through a single sentence without scores of “I’m … |
| 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… |
