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| Interested vs. Interesting Now let’s try to understand when to use which one. Use interesting to talk about a ‘thing’. Something is interesting. But, you/I/we (people) are interested in something i.e. use interested to talk a… |
| Why is Learning Foreign Languages Exciting? At school, we learn a foreign language for several years, in most cases, because of the academic program. For our age and brief life experience, we underestimate the importance of knowing a different… |
| What are Homographs We are all familiar with synonyms – they are words that mean the same thing. For rich writing, we use different words in different situations to convey the same thing – for example, I can say that ‘h… |
| forgo, forego Forgo means “to abstain from” or “to relinquish something.” Forego means “to go before.” (Note the prefix fore-, as in before). Writers often confuse the two, … |
| Today’s Slang: 15 Traditional Words That Have New Meanings Slang is often invented and used by the youth of each generation. These new words, or new ways of using existing words, provide the young with a way of defining their identity, separate from their pa… |
| Fake News: How to Check Your Facts Fake news is essentially false information that is presented as true and appears at first glance to be from a trustworthy source. But don’t believe all that you read. In this article, we … |
| How To Write An Amazing Blog Post Picture a cheese sandwich — a truly terrible one. What does it look like? If you’re anything like me, you’re thinking of something like a single square of processed cheese (I see it curling and brown… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| The Most Popular Words in 2025 The Most Popular Words of 2025Language evolves as society changes, and every year brings a new set of words and phrases that capture the cultural zeitgeist. As 2025 unfolds, we've identified some of … |
| Distrustful vs. Mistrustful Origin of the words Distrustful Distrustful is an adjective of the word distrust, which is the opposite of trust and simply means absence of trust. The word first originated in 1505-15 and is in the… |
| Standard and Non-Standard English We all know that a language has different dialects and pronunciations in various areas where it is spoken depending on the culture and ways of people. But are you aware of the term standard and non-s… |
| Suffix Learning a language is an art at its best form. If you are a native English speaker, then you would probably already know much about the language and its grammar. But if you are an English learner li… |
| Phrasal verbs with back 1. Back up Back up someone – to give support to someone. Examples – · We had to back her up till her room as she was very tired. · … |
| Immigrate vs. Emigrate Alan emigrated from America and immigrated to Australia.The above sentence might be a little confusing for you as the two words which you thought had the same meaning imply differently. The words imm… |
| Learned vs. Learnt What is the past tense of learn? Consider the following sentence:I learnt French last year.Are you getting thoughts in your mind that say that this sentence has got something wrong in it? Maybe it’s … |
| 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… |
| Altogether vs. All together It was an altogether decision to agree to all terms all together.If the above sentence has confused you to the core and you cannot decide if it’s right or wrong, worry not. We are here to help you wi… |
| Theater vs. Theatre Should we go watch a movie in a theatre or a theater? English learners and speakers sometimes find it confusing when there are two spellings of a single word on their minds and they can’t choose whic… |
| Finally, Students Who Want to Graduate, here are 7 Dissertation Writing Tips to Help Introduction In critical times, when you are short on time, you might feel overwhelmed with any task. Whether it's writing a dissertation or preparing for the final semester of college, d… |
| Hanged vs. Hung The traitor was hanged for treason. He hung on to the rope. Since 1st grade we have been told the past tense of hang is hanged but then what is wrong with one of the two sentences above? This article… |
| 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… |
| What Is an Archetype? We use the word “archetype” in our daily language to refer to a prototype or a perfect model for something. For example, we might say: “She is the archetype of a successful teacher.”&nbs… |
| Comparative Adjective The English we speak and write appears to be simple enough to be easily understandable by everyone. But when it comes to the grammar, the simplicity is somewhat lost. The grammar of any language is t… |
| Homogenous vs. Homogeneous If you haven’t yet figured out what’s different in both the words, it is just the extra ‘e’. Yet, there is no similarity in the meaning of homogenous and homogeneous. In this Grammar.com |
