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abase - verb To deprive of esteem, to diminish a person’s self-worth or effectiveness; to degrade or demean; to humble, humiliate, mortify; to bring low, take down a peg. When ... | added 7 years ago |
nounNote: The word is typically capitalized. It means the spirit of the times.Example: The Zeitgeist of England in the Victorian period focused on industrial progress. The Zeitgeis... | added 7 years ago |
contractionNote: Far too many people use your when they mean you’re, the contraction for you are. For a discussion, read Grammar.com’s section on Common Grammatical Mistak... | added 7 years ago |
possessive pronounNote: Far too many people use your when they mean you’re, the contraction for you are. For a discussion, read Grammar.com’s section on Common Gramma... | added 7 years ago |
adjective and nounExample: The young man asked her out for a date. adjectiveExample: ... | added 7 years ago |
verb and nounExample: This action will yield positive results. verbExample: He sought a hig... | added 7 years ago |
noun and verbExample: His yacht cost a fortune. nounExample: He likes to ... | added 7 years ago |
nounExample: The small child enjoyed playing the xylophone.Note: Here's an interesting "Word History" from ... | added 7 years ago |
noun and verb (present participle of the verb write)Example: She enjoys fine writing. ... | added 7 years ago |
verbGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses write, right, and rite. Click here for that discussion.... | added 7 years ago |
noun and verbExample: The wrinkle in his shirt disturbed the fastidious young man. nounExample: ... | added 7 years ago |
adjectiveExample: These wretched developers want to destroy the rural land.... | added 7 years ago |
noun and verbExample: She used a plastic wrap to protect the sandwiches. nounExample: She w... | added 7 years ago |
auxiliary verbGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses would and should. Click here for that discussion.... | added 7 years ago |
adjectiveExample: This is a worthwhile book to read.... | added 7 years ago |
noun (plural of woman)Example: The women decided to form a book club.... | added 7 years ago |
nounExample: The woman rapidly climbed the corporate ladder.... | added 7 years ago |
nounExample: The withdrawal from the bank exceeded $10,000, so the customer had to fill out a governmental form.... | added 7 years ago |
relative pronoun and interrogative pronounNote: Good writers use whose as the possessive case of which to avoid a stilted “of which” const... | added 7 years ago |
adverbGrammar.com's section on the Parts of Speech discusses the demise of -ly adverbs. Click here for that di... | added 7 years ago |
noun and adjectiveGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses whole and hole. Click here for that discussion.... | added 7 years ago |
subordinating conjunction, noun, and verbExample: She whistled while she worked. ... | added 7 years ago |
relative pronoun and interrogative pronounGrammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses which and that. Click... | added 7 years ago |
subordinating conjunctionNot weather. Click here for a discussion of whether.Example: ... | added 7 years ago |
noun and verbExample: The wheel rolled down the street. nounExample: The waiters will ... | added 7 years ago |
