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” […]
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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
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“Smiths” is the plural of the last name “Smith”. “Smith’s” is the singular possessive of the name “Smith”. The plural possessive of the name Smith is Smiths’. The plural possessive is used when we want to talk about something The Smith family own such as “The Smiths’ house”. The Smiths The Smiths is the
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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
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“One’s” has two uses in English. The first use is as a contradiction of “one is”. The second use is the possessive pronoun of “one”. “Ones” is the plural of “one” when the name of the object is not used. One’s “One’s” has two meanings in English so we need to talk about them
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12 noon is usually written as PM so 12 pm is noon. “Noon” is the time of day when the morning ends and the afternoon begins. We use AM to show that it is morning and PM to show that it is afternoon and evening. 12 pm or 12 noon? Technically “PM” starts after
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“Best wishes to you” is usually the correct way to wish someone well. “Best wishes for you” is not grammatically incorrect but it is not the natural way to wish someone well in English. I am starting a new job on Wednesday. Best wishes to you! We use the preposition “to” in this case
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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. Ines is a popular name, and since it ends with an S, it follows plural possessives
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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. Alexis is a popular name, and since it ends with an S, it follows plural possessives
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Iris is a popular name, and since it ends with an S, it follows plural possessives along with other plural nouns. This means that it should be Iris’, right? You would think so, but it still depends on another factor. This factor is almost as complicated as properly saying something belongs to this. There
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