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Like, Wow!The word doing the most damage to the communicative “skills” of young people today happens to be a preposition … the word like. It also happens to be a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, a conjunction, ... |
The “Like” Word Threatens Your Career In my last blog, we looked at some grammar governing the use of the like word. Now let’s see what the experts have to say. As you’ll see, they mince no words. Overusing Like Threatens Your Career Consider ... |
Should we go watch a movie in a theatre or a theater? ... |
possessive pronoun |
Their vs. ThereThe quick answer is no! They don’t mean the same thing. They may sound similar and they may have similar spellings, yet “their” and “there” have nothing in common in regard to their definitions.In fact, “thei... |
reflexive pronoun |
The policeman’s strategy was better than the burglar’s so he waited for him to make a move first and then arrested him. Did you notice than and then in the above s... |
noun (plural of the noun theory)Example: We have several theories about the cause of his resignation.... |
adverb, pronoun, adjective, and noun |
adverb |
adverb and conjunctive adverb |
therefore, therefor - vocabulary adverb |
contraction |
Note: We thoroughly discuss the differences among these words in the Common Grammatical Mistakes section of Grammar.com. Click here for the ... |
Think Thinking – of course, is a thought that buds from a brain or mind. What you ‘think’ may be or may not be true. It is based... |
Many a times you would have heard someone say about a book or a story that it was written in third person. W... |
adjective |
subordinating conjunction and adverb |
noun and verb (past tense and past participle of the verb think)Example: He had a thought about how to fix the situation. ... |
Three Rules on Subject-Verb Agreement There are, of course, many other kinds of mistakes made with subjects and verbs. Classifying the types often helps reduce the mistakes you might make.But first, a review of the basics.Let’s start with three basic and... |
noun |
Threw is the past tense of the verb “throw,” which means “to toss.”Through is a ... |
preposition, adverb, and adjective |
The words throes and throws are homophones: they sound alike but have different meanings. The plural noun throes means a great struggle or a condition of agonizing pain or trouble. The idiom in the throes of means in the midst of... |
Thyme vs. TimeIn truth, there is in fact a huge difference between the meanings of “thyme” and “time”. Despite their si... |
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