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| 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… |
| 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! … |
| 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… |
| 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 |
| 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… |
| Naught vs. Nought The source of some of the most confusing spelling differences in English can be placed in the evolution of the English vocabulary over the past decades.American English and British English vary a lot… |
| Mischievious vs. Mischievous Have you recently seen the word you knew as "mischievous" also spelled "mischievious" and are you not sure anymore about which one is correct? Well, there are plenty of words in English that differ o… |
| get, got, “got milk?” The word “get” means “to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of.” It also means “to cause to be in one’s possession or succeed in having available for one’s use or enjoyment; obtain… |
| Essence vs. Essential Essence Essence is a noun that refers to the quality of something that determines its uniqueness or character, or a gist of something. For example, • The esse… |
| 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… |
| Fiber vs. Fibre Every fiber of her body was throbbing with pain after the crash. Pay attention to the word fiber in the above sentence and think about it. Do you believe that fiber used here must have different spel… |
| When to use “Would” instead of “Will” Many non-native English learners find it confusing when it comes to the uses of “would”. The word “would” has miscellaneous uses, so confusion is not unlikely. This post aims to clear the confusion. … |
| Allure vs. Allude vs. Elude Allude Pronounce the ‘a’ allude in the same way as you would pronounce a in assume. The rest of the letters are pronounced as leew-d. So, allude is pronounced as a-leewd. The word comes from the lati… |
| Then vs. Than The policeman’s strategy was better than the burglar’s so he waited for him to make a move first and then arrested him. Did you notice than and then in the above sentence? Do you sometimes get confus… |
| 6 American Football Expressions Many expressions from American football have made their way into our everyday speech and we use football expressions without even realizing that we are echoing the language of the football stadium. |
| "Different from" vs. "Different than" Watch Out The word than typically follows a comparative adjective, such as closer or more bizarre. You would thus say: K Street is closer than M… |
| No One vs. Noone Have you ever wondered why some pairs of words are shortened into a single word, but not other pairs? To make matters even more confusing, sometimes the pairs are used differently than in their short… |
| Most Common British/American English Spelling Mistakes While both countries speak the same language, no one can deny that there are quite a few differences in the way that some words are spelled. In many cases, people often confuse the spelling of many w… |
| Interjections Oh wow! You landed on this page! You must be looking for interjections.Among many other parts of speeches, interjection is also one of the commonly used English grammar term that we use in our everyd… |
| Online vs. On-Line Some words evolve – or change – over time. So what should you do when you have to choose between two words, meaning the same thing, written similarly, but different because they come from different t… |
| 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… |
| Translucent vs. Opaque If you can see through something, is it opaque, translucent, or transparent? Two of these words might fit, depending on how clearly you can see through the object, but the other word is definitely no… |
| Mold vs. Mould British and American English have different rules when it comes to spelling the words. Americans omit the U that appears in some British words as a second vowel directly before a consonant. Therefore… |
| adjective An adjective is a word or group of words that modifies or describes a noun (a little girl) or a pronoun (he is strange). Single-word adjectives usually come before the word they modify (the red wagon… |
| May vs. May May vs. MayJust before we get started, it's important to clarify that there’s no rule that the word ”may” must never be written with capital letters. In other words, writing ”may” with a capital lett… |
