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Though childish is occasionally used neutrally to mean 'appropriate to a child', as in my childish efforts at drawing, it is much more commonly encountered as a term of contempt applied to an adult, as in the familiar Don't be ... |
chilinoun |
chocolatyadjective |
A pair of very often misspelled words in English is represented by the “choir” and “chorus”. In fact, it’s not necessarily a problem of misspelling, but more of a problem of misunderstanding, of confusion. They are used in the wrong contexts, with th... |
chooseverb |
Chose" is the past tense of "choose". These two words can be used differently in sentences to express certain meanings.Beginning with "choose", a verb that can be expressed in both transitive and intransitive forms.Transitive form... |
Can one letter change the entire message of a word? Yes, it can. An amazing example to illustrate this is the pair of words "chord" and "cord". Simply adding or not adding the letter "h" will result in completely distinct definitions of these nouns.... |
choseverb (past tense of the verb choose; chosen is the past participle |
The word chose is the past tense of the verb choose. Often, writers will incorrectly spell choose... |
Content about Chronic vs. Acute has been temporarily removed...... |
cigarettenoun |
circumlocution - noun |
circumscribe - verb |
circumspect - adjective |
circumstance - correct spelling circumstancenoun |
citizennoun |
A clause is a group of words with a conjugated verb in it. Clauses come in two types: (1) independent and (2) dependent |
A sentence in English language can be divided into various parts. Each part of a sentence serves its relativ... |
Clear (adjective)When something is understandable or transparent, we say it is clear. Some examples would be – ‘The water is crystal clear’¸ The concept is ‘clear’.Clearer, clearly is the comparative degree made in a similar ma... |
Inverted sentences – Consider the following example – ... |
Climactic relates to the word climax as in “the climactic scene” of a movie.Climatic relates to the weather as in “climatic condi... |
climbedverb (past tense and past participle of the verb climb)Example: This song ... |
Clipping is a type of word-formation in which a short piece is extracted from a longer word and given the same meaning. Examples include bra from brassiere, gym from gymnasium, flu from influenza, cello ... |
Homophones are words in English language that are pronounced the same way but have different ... |
clothnoun (plural cloths) and adjective |
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