We use depend and depending when one thing is strongly affected by another thing. For example, if there is a lot of rain, the flowers in your garden will grow. If there is no rain, the flowers will not grow. This means the growth Read More …
We use depend and depending when one thing is strongly affected by another thing. For example, if there is a lot of rain, the flowers in your garden will grow. If there is no rain, the flowers will not grow. This means the growth Read More …
Some words not only sound alike but they also look alike, leaving people doubly confused with how to use them. This is the case with the terms disassemble and dissemble. Despite disassemble being a longer word than dissemble, it is understandable to interchange them at first Read More …
The words envelop and envelope originated from the French word envoluper, which may be the reason some people get confused aside from their similar appearance. Despite these similarities, they have different pronunciations, meanings, and uses. This post will help you identify these differences and Read More …
Don’t try to translate or understand these phrases literally – that’s a common mistake among language learners. If you try to understand it word by word, it won’t make sense. Instead, you need to understand each phrase as a whole Read More …
Word lovers and Scrabble players alike often seek out and celebrate weird and interesting words, challenging themselves to include these unusual terms in their everyday speech. We’ve collected 11 of those weird words here; challenge yourself to use some of Read More …
Some of the words that qualify for the title take hours to pronounce, like the 189,819-letter word for the protein Titin. Additionally, many of the longest words are medical terms, so we have excluded some of them to allow for Read More …
Do you know what to say in English in case of an emergency? In the moment, you might panic and not be able to think of the English words that you need – so it’s good to learn and practice Read More …
Today I’m going to teach you three pairs of confusing words that have the prefix IN-. In many words, IN- means the opposite or “not”: inconsistent = NOT consistent insufficient = NOT sufficient independent = NOT dependent incorrect = NOT correct However, there are some exceptions that might be confusing, and Read More …
For writers and readers alike, the simple sentence is the basic building block of language. As the name suggests, a simple sentence is usually very short, sometimes no more than a subject and verb. Definition In English grammar, a simple Read More …
In a writer’s toolkit, few things are more versatile than a compound sentence. By definition, these sentences are more complex than a simple sentence because they contain two or more independent clauses. They are what gives an essay detail and depth, making Read More …