Found 76 articles starting with H:
verbTo make stale or trite by frequent use or repetition.Note: As a noun, hackney means a carriage or coach for hire. As a proper noun, Hackney... |
adjectiveCalm, peaceful, as in halcyon weather; rich, wealthy, as in halcyon days of peace; happy, carefree, as in the halcyon days of our youth. It was a halcyon... |
half - noun, adjective, and adverb Example: She ordered only a half. noun... |
hammer - noun and verb Example: “If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the mo... |
The proper plural is handfuls, not handsful.Consider this usage note from Dictionary.com. The plurals of nouns ending... |
handfuls - noun The preferred spelling is handfuls.Example: He gave the poor man several handfuls of coins.Consider ... |
handkerchief - correct spelling handkerchief - noun Not hankerchief.Example: She always used her handkerchief when she sneezed.... |
Short English phrases often begin as separate words, before eventually becoming hyphenated compounds, and fi... |
handsful See handfuls.... |
There is a good amount of confusion surrounding the verb hang and its various tenses. Is hanged or hung corr... |
The traitor was hanged for treason. ... |
Both hanged and hung are past-participial and past-tense forms of the ... |
happily - adverb Grammar.com's section on the Parts of Speech discusses the demise of -ly adverbs. Click here for t... |
happiness - noun Example: “Money can’t buy happiness.” ** "Money can buy material things, but real happiness must be truly earned.” N... |
harass - verb Not harrass.Example: These annual fundraisers will harass the listeners again.... |
verbTo bother continually; to torment, usually with troubles or cares; to pester.Note: You may pronounce it either way, with the accent on the first syllable or the last. In American English, the b... |
The correct spelling is harass.You may pronounce it either way, with an accent on the first syllable or the last. In American English, the better pronunciation accents the second syllable.... |
nounOne who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing; anything that foreshadows a coming thing or event. Now the bright morning star, day’s harbinger, Comes da... |
If you need a place to dock your motorboat, should you look for a harbor or harbour? The answer depends on w... |
We all love a good stew. After letting it simmer all day in the crock pot, it becomes a delicious and fillin... |
Heal and heel are homophones. That means that they are pronounced the same when spoken aloud, but they don’t... |
There is a very technical distinction between these two that is slowly wearing away. In their strictest senses, healthy means “possessing good health” and healthful nmeans “conducive to good health,” but the... |
healthy - adjective Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses healthy and healthful. Click here for that discussion.... |
hear - verb Not here.Example: He will usually hear only what he wants to ... |
heard - verb (past tense and past participle of the verb hear) Example: We have he... |
