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| Case of Pronouns - The Rule In formal settings, you must follow the rules governing the case of pronouns. If your sentence calls for the subjective case, you must use I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they (see … |
| 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… |
| Adjectival Clauses and Phrases Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive If the adjectival clause or phrase is nonrestrictive, put commas around it. If the clause or phrase is restrictive, do not put commas around it. See… |
| Build Your Vocabulary In this section, we have provided short discussions of 406 words. In each, we define the word and then provide an example of its use by top writers in literature or the media. This list will espec… |
| Grammatical Mood English grammar is a diversified and varied branch of English language and one has to have complete command of it to understand and write well. You might or might not have come across the word mood o… |
| Favorite vs. Favourite While reading or writing, do you ever pause upon favorite and wonder what the correct spellings of it are? His favorite restaurant is that small place in the suburbs. Or should it be like: His favour… |
| Coarse vs. Course This pair is pretty tricky, that's true, because they sound the same and it is also easy to misspell "coarse" and "course". But after a short review of what meaning each word carries, things will cle… |
| 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. … |
| Endeavor vs. Endeavour Endeavor vs. Endeavour If you are asking whether "endeavor" or "endeavour" is a misspelling, then you should know from the very beginning that the answer is no. They are both considered correct sp… |
| Flare vs. Flair Flare" and "flair" are pronounced like they are the same word, with the same signification and spelling. But while their spellings are slightly different, their meanings are actually a lot more disti… |
| Raise vs. Rise Raise Raise needs an object for reference. This means it is a transitive verb. One can raise funds, raise children, raise voice etc... where funds, children and voice are all objects without which ra… |
| Macro vs. Micro English language can be altered in various ways and one of those ways is prefixing. Prefixing refers to different units relating to several sizes. Micro and macro are both very similar words where th… |
| 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… |
| Catalog vs. Catalogue English is a language used in various countries and those countries have made modifications to the language according to their own requirements. Those modifications include changing spellings of nume… |
| 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… |
| A General Summary of Nouns At this stage, we are still just exploring the eight parts of speech. The first is the noun. Above, we learned that nouns serve to name things, people, places, ideas, feelings, and other abstractions… |
| A Summary of the 10 Functions of Nouns Here they are again—the 10 functions of nouns. 1. Subjects of Sentences The professor, John Smith, is the noun expert, so yesterday he gave the class his views on… |
| Main Verbs - Four Kinds We can first divide all main verbs into two broad categories: action verbs and no-action verbs. Thousands reside in the action-verb group, only a handful in the no-action group. Each of these groups … |
| Future Tense - How to Form When the activity you describe isn’t happening right now (present tense) and didn’t happen yesterday (past tense), perhaps it’ll take place tomorrow (future tense). Other Ways of Expressin… |
| Conjugating in the Progressive Aspect The progressive tenses show an ongoing action. Some grammarians call the progressive tense the progressive aspect. So let's learn the tricks of conjugating in the progressive aspect. Once Amber an… |
| Verb Function 4 - Past-Participial Phrase (-ed Phrase) Every verb has a past participle, which we form by adding ‑ed for regular verbs and some other ending for irregular verbs. For the ‑ed verbs, we sometimes have to double up an ending consonant (occur… |
| A Final Summary of Verbs Summary of Verbs Verbs fulfill five functions in our language. In their conjugated form, they enable us to form clauses, either as complete sentences or as dependent clauses. They… |
| abeyance - vocabulary abeyance - noun A state of suspension or temporary inaction; the condition of being temporarily set aside or held in suspension, as in They held the program in abeyance. In law, a co… |
| 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… |
| abject - vocabulary abject - adjective Sunk to a low condition, miserable, degraded, without self-respect, of the lowest kind. Note: Often used in the cliché, abject poverty, where a… |
