When you are chatting with a new person, you might want to say that you enjoyed the conversation. That is why you might say, “Nice to meet you” or somebody might say “Nice meeting you”. These phrases are not exactly the same So, let’s find the difference between these two phrases. “Nice meeting you” is …
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The most common expressions of grammatical mood – the way a verb expresses an action or state – are “if I was” and “if I were.” These phrases can cause quite a bit of confusion, though. When do you use them? Are they both even correct? In general, “if I was” and “if I were” …
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Plural possessives can be extremely difficult to gain an understanding of. There are some authors who continue to struggle even after they’ve been writing for several years. It is a tricky concept, especially when it comes to names. Chris is a popular name, and since it ends with an S, it follows plural possessives along …
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“Have got” and “have gotten” both sound kind of funny when you say them out loud, but they are actually both correct depending on where you are located. The main difference between these two phrases is where they are used in the world. “Have got” is used in British English while “have gotten” is used …
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Et cetera and etcetera are so similar that most people think they are the same thing. These people would be right as both spellings are in fact correct. However, you will see one or the other used more frequently depending on where it is that you live. Et cetera is most commonly used in Canadian …
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“Without further ado” is the correct phrase in English. It is a filler expression in English and means ” move on to the main topic”. Without further due and Without further adieu are both incorrect. When to use “Without further ado”? We use “Without further ado” when we want to transition to another topic of …
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It is very common for writers to be confused about whether to use incase, in case, or encase in their story. While one will usually be better than the others depending on what you are trying to say, there is only one correct spelling between incase and encase. The main difference between these three phrases …
It can be tricky to determine when the right time to use “easy” or “simple”. These words might seem like the same thing, but they aren’t. For example, something can be simple but not be easy. Simple means something basic and not complicated. Easy means not difficult. The best example of the difference between simple …
“There are three of us” is correct and much more common in English when speaking about a number of people in a group. “We are three” is often the result of someone translating from another language or an older form of English. When we want to say something “exists” in English, we use “There is/There …
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Scrap and scrape are very often confused with each other because people don’t know what the actual difference is between the words. It is also possible that a spell check program won’t catch the mistake, so you need to know what the differences are between the words to use them properly. Scrape and scrap are …
