Pratice English Vocabulary with explanations and exercises. I explain with pictures lots of new vocabulary to improve your English.
When you see the word ensure, you might think that it’s just a common misspelling of the word insure. However, these are actually two different words with slightly different meanings, and they just sound alike. These words sound alike, look alike and actually have pretty similar meanings. However, they can’t be used in place of …
When you are trying to decide between using company’s or companies, you might have a hard time. There is a ton of confusion regarding these words, and the use will depend on the context. Companies is the plural form of the word company. Company’s is the possessive form of the same word. Several people still …
It is common to think that the word excell is just a common misspelling of excel, especially because an internet search will only bring up results for excel. However, the word is actually proper, just in a completely different way than excel. Excell is a misspelling of excel, but it is also proper as a …
Lets and let’s are two of the most commonly confused words in the English language. It is difficult to determine when the word needs an apostrophe and when it doesn’t. Lets is a singular present tense of the verb let used in the third-person. Let’s is a contraction made up of the words let and …
Homophones are really tricky to tell apart. These are words that sound the same out loud but are spelled differently and have different meanings. One of the most commonly mixed-up homophones is break and brake. Break means to physically divide something into different pieces. Brake means to stop a vehicle that is in motion. Both …
We use the prepositions On/In/At with the verb “to locate” depending on the place that we are talking about. To learn more about prepositions of place, you can read my complete guide here. We use the verb “to locate” when we are trying to find something. Located in We use the preposition “in” with volumes. …
“Of” is the correct preposition that goes with the adjective “appreciative”. Appreciative is the adjective connected to the verb “to appreciate” Appreciative of We always use “of” with the word “appreciative” I am very appreciative of your work. He is appreciative of everything you have done for him. Appreciative for “Appreciative for” seems to be …
“I am appreciated” means to receive the appreciation and “I appreciate” means to give appreciation. “Appreciate” means to give value to something. We often use “appreciate” when we want to show that we recognize the value of something. Appreciation is the noun and Appreciative is the adjective. I am appreciated “To be appreciated” means that …
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We use yesterday’s meeting to describe a meeting that is held yesterday. Yesterday’s meeting is correct. We need the apostrophe s to show the possessive form. This means that the meeting belongs to yesterday. The two words(yesterday, meeting) are connected. Yesterdays(without the apostrophe) is not grammatically incorrect but it isn’t common in English. Yesterdays is …
In the English language, there are so many different words that seem similar but are different. In some cases, the words might even seem like a misspelling, but they are accurate. Certificated might seem like a misspelling of certified, but it is actually a word used in British English. Certified “Certified” is a past tense …
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