Posts Tagged ‘Usage in English’

If you are delivering newspapers from a bike you can pedal it around the neighborhood (perhaps wearing “pedal-pushers”), but when you sell them from a newsstand you peddle them. Did you know this? I will wait for your response in comment form. Thanks Paul Brian Full story

You do something well, but a thing is good. The exception is verbs of sensation in phrases such as “the pie smells good,” or “I feel good.” Despite the arguments of nigglers, this is standard usage. Saying “the pie smells well” would imply that the pastry in question had a nose. Similarly, “I feel well” is also acceptable, especially when discussing health; but it is ... Full story

In English, you can use an apostophe to: indicate that one or more letters were dropped in a contraction: it is > it's we are ... Full story

Coordinating conjunction 1. Independent clause , {for and or so ... Full story

There are lot of errors in English which we don't notice, while doing our daily chores but when you are aspiring for CAT, you can't afford this. Mine English is also very poor (Please point out, if any, my errors when you notice). Today while researching for improving my English I came across one very ... Full story