Pratice English Vocabulary with explanations and exercises. I explain with pictures lots of new vocabulary to improve your English.
Most people believe that the two adjectives, larger and bigger, are synonyms but these similar words have two significantly different meanings in grammar. Larger typically refers to quantities or amounts and bigger refers to a size, either metaphorically or literally. In some instances, bigger and larger can be interchanged because of their similar meanings. However, …
“Love you too” is correct and “Love you to” is incorrect. “Too” means the same thing as “also” while “to” is a preposition and part of an infinitive verb in English. I love you. I love you too. We need to use “too” because we want to reciprocate and say the same thing back to …
Necessary is the correct spelling of the word that something is required or essential. Neccessary is incorrect and should not be used in English. It is necessary to wear a uniform to school. Why is it always necessary to stop walking when you need to drink water? Necessary meaning Necessary means “needed to be done”. …
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When you use the preposition “of” with “years of experience”, you do not need an apostrophe. If you do not use “of”, then you need to use an apostrophe either before the “s” for a singular year or after the “s” for a plural number of years. Examples I have 10 years of experience in …
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The correct phrase in English is “To Bear children”. “To bare children” is incorrect and should not be used in English. To Bear Children(Meaning and Use) “To bear children” is correct because the verb “to bear” means to carry or to support and this is the case when a woman becomes pregnant. “To bear a …
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The difference between offense and offence is that offense is the spelling in American English and offence is the spelling in British English. That crime is a capital offense (U.S English). It is an offence to strike an officer. (British English). Offence or Offense in Canada or the U.K? The word is spelled “Offence” in …
“What are you up to?” is a greeting question that means the same thing as “What are you doing?”. It can be used as a greeting similar to “What’s up?” or as a way to find out what somebody is doing now or planning to do later. Hey Paul, What are you up to later? …
Consensus is the correct spelling of the word that means a general agreement. Concensus is incorrect and should not be used in English. Concensus Concensus is a common misspelling of consensus. People probably make this mistake because of the word “census” which is an unrelated word that means to count the population. Consensus “Consensus” means …
A “loser” is a person who does not win and is not cool. “Looser” means that something is not as tight as it was before. Both “Looser” and “Loser” are correct depending on the context. Loser A “loser” is a slang word in English that describes a person who does not fit in well with …
The correct spelling of this expression is “scot-free”. “Scotch free” is incorrect in English and should not be used. To get off scot-free The expression to get off scot-free means that you don’t have to pay any punishment for something that you have done. It is an expression that came from medieval England which meant …
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