English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find …
Cohesive devices are useful English language conjunctions, transitional phrases, synonyms and pronouns that express ideas in a cohesive manner.They are used to join sentences together to make ideas more understandable to the reader. Coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions are the most used cohesive devices and are used to connect ideas for cohesive, readable text.
Here are words used to describe the weather from stormy days to beautiful sunny days on the beach. Words are categorized into different sections. Speaking about the weather is important for small talk, and used to make predictions about the weather.
Given the amount of places around the world that English is spoken, various differences are bound to emerge. Despite how much the USA and UK have in common, there are enough differences between their two versions of the English language that someone may not always understand exactly what someone from the other country is saying. …
It’s important to build a strong base if you aspire to speak fluently in English. This Writing with Clarity chart will help you out!
Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of something. While we use them when we refer to people, it is more in the sense of relationship than ownership. The possessive adjective needs to agree with the possessor and not with the thing that is possessed. The possessive adjectives in English are as follows.
The main ways in which the verb can is used are given below. In some cases, couldfunctions as the past tense of can, but there are some important usage differences between the two.
Has it ever happened with you that you meet someone for the first time, and are so impressed by their personality that you can’t stop talking about them? You must have also heard people say that so and so has no personality at all. Have you ever wondered why they said so? I can answer …
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Is your husband an IT professional who’s planning to go abroad? Are you having sleepless nights thinking about how you would manage? If that’s the case, my experience would be of help to you. My neighbour, Mrs. Sharma faced the same problem and what she did might give you an idea of how you can …
