Vocabulary

“Things Have Changed” is correct because “things” is plural and therefore conjugates with “have”. You would say “something has changed” because something is singular. Can’t you see that everything is…

Some terms to describe a person who thinks they are important include pompous, haughty, imperious, egocentric, or vain. A straightforward word for someone who thinks they are important is self-important. …

There are many ways to describe a person who thinks they are smart but they aren’t; terms include pseudo-intellectual, conceited, arrogant, patronizing, pretentious, or hubris. These terms have a negative…

Self-righteous is a word for someone who thinks they are always right. Stubborn is the most common word for somebody who refuses to change their opinion about something. This article…

We can use “aren’t we” at the beginning of a sentence as a question or at the end of a sentence as a question tag. Aren’t We…. At the beginning…

“Don’t we all” is a response in English. We use “Don’t we all” in English when we respond in agreement to a desire that someone states. We also mean that…

The words “arose” and “arisen” are both past tense forms of “to arise,” which is an irregular verb. The simple past is “arose” whereas “arisen” is a past participle. Therefore,…

In referring to people walking or passing by a location, you will use “passersby” (plural) and passerby (singular). “Passerbyers” is wrong, both in phonetics and spelling. This is easy to…

To ask someone, “How are you?” means to query about a person’s basic happiness, welfare and health. “How are we?” can be somewhat analogous. But the royal “we” serves to…

Throughout the English-speaking world, “I don’t care” and “I don’t mind” are two phrases used to reply as an indication of someone’s lack of concern or attachment to the matter…