Adjectives
An adjective is a word used to describe people, things, events etc. It denotes a temporary or permanent quality associated with a noun. Examples are: honest, beautiful, old, small, big, happy etc. A typical...
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Active Verbs
An active verb form is one like reads, wrote, broke, is writing or will write. The subject of an active verb is usually the person or thing that does the action, or is responsible...
Abstract Noun
An abstract noun denotes something which is not physical and cannot be touched, such as pleasure, happiness, beauty, kindness, honesty, anger and idea. Sometimes the term is extended to include nouns denoting events and...
Abbreviations
A brief way of writing a word or a phrase that could also be written out in full, using only the letters of the alphabet and possibly full stops. We usually write abbreviations without...
Autobiography Writing Tips
A biography is the account of the life of a person written by someone else. For instance, Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’ is a biography. An autobiography is the story of a person’s life written...
Uses of The Apostrophe
We use apostrophes (‘) for three main reasons. Missing letters It is used in writing a contraction to show the place of the omitted letters. can’t (= cannot) it’s (= it is) I’d (=...
Vocabulary Differences Between American And British English
The same word may be used differently in British and American English. Real In informal American English, real is often used instead of really before adjectives and adverbs. That was real nice. She sings...
American And British English Difference In Vocabulary
When it comes to vocabulary, American English differs significantly from British English. Sometimes the same word has different meaning. There are also different words with the same meaning. A few examples are given below....
American And British English | Differences In Spelling
A number of words end in -our in British English and -or in American English. Some words end in -er in American English and -re in British English. Many verbs which end in -ize...
American And British English | Differences In Usage
Abbreviations We usually write abbreviations without full stops in modern British English. Full stops (US ‘periods’) are normal in American English. Mr (US Mr.) = Mister Dr (US Dr.) = Doctor Ltd (US Ltd.)...