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One Idiom/Phrase per week

One Idiom/Phrase per week

I have organised a list of 50 idioms/phrases with full meanings and usage, and now I have put it in a newsletter format. You have to subscribe to this newsletter in order to get an Idiom/Phrase per week to your mailbox. Don’t worry this is not any marketing effort to grab your email id; this [...]

Good Vs Well

Good Vs Well

General Rule:

The general rule with good and well is that well is an adverb and good is an adjective. What this means is that well modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs and good modifies nouns.
Unfortunately, there are exceptions to this rule just to keep us on our toes. “Well” may be used when describing if [...]

FREE GMAT Verbal Guide (Sentence Correction)

FREE GMAT Verbal Guide (Sentence Correction)

After completing my World MBA Tour registration I find that they have given the link to download free Manhattan Review Verbal Guide. It is a guide to tackle sentence correction topic.
Here is the link to open the pdf file:
http://tours.qsnetwork.com/modules/wmt2/download/ManRev_GMAT_SCGuide.pdf
You can also click the image beside this text to open this e-book. Once the file is [...]

The most misunderstood words of all time!

The most misunderstood words of all time!

Accuracy and precision
Accuracy describes the degree to which a result obtained from measurement agrees to its real and accepted value. On the other hand, precision describes the degree to which the same measurement is obtained over repeated measurements. We refer to a ‘high precision’ marching band as they all march in step. We refer to [...]

breach, infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement

breach, infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement

I was revising the notorious words and came across the difference in usage of these words. I am sharing the definitions with you.
These nouns denote an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or failing to fulfill a duty, obligation, or promise. Breach and infraction are the least specific: Revealing the secret would [...]

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