Posts Tagged ‘Usage in English’

A transparent object is something that will allow all of the light rays to pass through it. Things like glass, some kids of plastic and food wrap are transparent because of the density of the molecules inside it. A translucent object is a material that will only allow some or a little bit oh the light ... Full story

While surfing, today I came across site of Jane Straus, who has organised all the grammar rules at one place. Though he is also selling his grammar book but it is free if you are ready to read it online. If you are still not very good in grammar, then just give a ... Full story

CAT and IIFT also have started asking some notorious words, like today in IIFT paper there was one question about "prophecy/prophesy". So you need a good practice to win over such questions. So there is one free solution to it - Paul Brain's Common Errors in English Usage. Now ... Full story

Childish is used negatively to criticize behavior that one does not want to see in adults. Childlike, on the other hand, is used either as a positive or neutral evaluation. Here's a quote from somewhere that may help to explain: "To advertising writers, connotation is a matter of life ... Full story

Many a times we get confused with how to use a particular word in a sentence. So today I have find one online tool in which you enter a word (only English language) and it seeks in some random books for the example sentences which do contain that word. ... Full story