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| prospect - correct spelling prospect - noun (often in the plural) and verb Example: The favorable business prospects attracted the investors. noun Example: He wanted to prospect fo… |
| valuable - correct spelling adjective and noun (often plural) Example: He gave us some valuable advice. adjective Example: She stored her valuables in the safe. noun |
| 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… |
| Principal vs. Principle Our principal made it compulsory to follow all school principles.Principal and principle are a pair of words that are called homophone, meaning they have same pronunciation but very different meaning… |
| Ability vs. Capability Ability – Ability to do some task means that you can do it and have done it in the past. Ability determines a person’s skill or level of expertise. In other words, it denotes the quality of being ab… |
| The “Like” Word Like, Wow! The word doing the most damage to the communicative “skills” of young people today happens to be a preposition … the word like. It also happens to be a noun, a verb, an… |
| How to Come Up with a Niche and Ways to Make Your Blog Thrive Don’t Rush Regardless of your reason for creating one, the overall topic of your blog should be something you're passionate about. However, it’s important that you take things slow and come up wit… |
| How to Improve Your English Tips to improve English Both spoken and written English are integral skills for complete command over the language. Here we give you some important and sure-shot tips that will help you improve both … |
| Humour vs. Humor Humor me! Or, Humour me? This amusing word has two alternative spellings which are most widely used in the English language and guess what? Both of them are correct. Humor without the u and humour wi… |
| Prepositions – At vs. In vs. On In, at and on are commonly used prepositions and are used in different situations – be it telling adate, or time, or about a place and so on. Let’s discuss these prepositions and their uses in detail… |
| complex sentence A complex sentence comprises one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The dependent clause, which cannot stand by itself as a sentence, performs some grammatical function in the comp… |
| Anaphoric Reference The word anaphora is an English word that means the repetition of something. When used in English grammar, anaphora refers to a word or a phrase that links to another word or phrase which was used be… |
| All right vs. Alright vs. Allright What is the controversy? All right vs. alright vs. allright: No one argues that they sound the same. But do they mean the same? Are they interchangeable? Today, there … |
| Anyone vs. Any one Have you ever wondered what the difference is between anyone and any one? Consider the sentences below; If any one of your friends knows, please tell them to keep quiet. Has anyone seen my wallet? B… |
| Demonstrative Sentence Among many types of sentences one type is demonstrative sentences. The name may not be very clear as to the meaning and usage of declarative sentence sin English language as demonstrative means to de… |
| Gender - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter He or She Our forbears on the Pronoun Committee had a sinister goal in mind: They set out to wreak havoc on people in the late 1900s and early 2000s. They invented one set of pron… |
| Forming the Subjunctive Mood The English language provides another mood, the subjunctive mood. It was used far more frequently in the olden days. In modern times, we use it mainly to show: 1. situations contrary to fact 2. wi… |
| tries - correct spelling verb (third-person singular of the verb try) Example: She tries her best. |
| A lot vs. allot Karl needed a lot of time for the job. He allotted three breaks a day to everyone in the department. A lot, alot, and allot only differ by a few spaces or letters. However, all of the terms function … |
| solecism - vocabulary noun A nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as in There’s lots of cars on the road. A solecism can also refer to a social impropriety, especially in British English. “This [feeding fruitcake to … |
| Four Principal Parts or Forms of Verbs Drink, Drank, Drunk, Drinking Main verbs appear in four different forms: 1. infinitive 2. finite 3. present participle 4. past participle In Miss Hamrick’s class, we learned the principal pa… |
| case We have seven kinds of pronouns in the English language (personal pronouns, reflexive and intensive pronouns, relative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, a… |
| demonstrative pronoun We have four demonstrative pronouns in the English language: this, that, these, those. The first two are singular, the last two plural. Demonstrative pronouns take the place of a noun, and when you u… |
| Present Indefinite Tense Tense is a common word which means stressed but did you know that tense also has grammatical significance in English language. Tense is one of the main component of English language and the gramm… |
| Dual vs. Duel Dual and duel are a pair of homophones which means that both the words spell and sound almost similar but their meanings are entirely different from each other. Homophones are usually the cause of co… |
