Expand is a transitive or intransitive verb. It means to increase in size, number or importance, or to make something increase. For example: Jack is expanding his vocabulary on the forum, but Hermine’s hips are expanding as well. Expend is a transitive verb. It means to use or spend something (especially time, effort or money). [...]
English in common use today has seven personal pronouns: * first-person singular (I) * first-person plural (we) * second-person singular and plural (you) * third-person singular human or animate male (he) * third-person singular human or animate female (she) Each pronoun has up to five forms: * A form used as the subject of a [...]
Councillor is a noun which means an elected member of a local government. For example: “He was elected to be a councillor in 1998.” Counsellor is a noun, which means someone who is trained to listen to people and give them advice about their problems. For example: “The student union now employs a counsellor to [...]
Council is a group noun. It refers to a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization. For example: “The local council has decided not to allocate any more funds for the project.” Counsel [...]
In the English Grammar, a Conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together. In general, a Conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle, and it may or may not stand between the items it conjoins. The simple, little conjunctions are called Coordinating Conjunctions. Examples:- * For: indicates reason (used as [...]
This will be the last of Tricky Plurals and today let’s take a look at the following:- Titles Titles of books and other works of art are always considered singular even if the title sounds plural. The Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds was successfully advertised with a campaign that said, “The Birds is coming!” Unlike [...]
Let us take a look at the following Plurals. Nouns Expressing Measurement. A noun expressing an amount or measurement is normally singular. If the unit of measurement refers to a number of individual items, then it treated as a plural. Examples: Two spoons of sugar is too much for me. (A single measurement) Twelve dollars [...]
Complement is a verb, which means to make something seem better or more attractive when combined. For example: “The colours blue and green complement each other perfectly.” Compliment is a noun, which means a remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect. For example: “It was the nicest compliment anyone had ever paid me.” Tip! Having [...]
There are four groups of words which some speakers and writers have difficulty with. In each case it has to do with the agreements of plurals or plural-looking words with the verbs or other words they go with. Plural-looking Nouns. Some nouns that end in -s look like they are plural, but they really are [...]
