Month: May 2013

Vocabulary

Word of the week-9

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Today we are taking up those two words which are often misused because of the confusion regarding their meanings. Sensuous means affecting the senses in a pleasant way. The musical concert was quite sensuous. I could feel the music. The restaurant we went to had a great sensuous environment. Sensual means gratifying to the body […]

Usage

Since and For

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Since and for are common prepositions used in many statements. However, they are often used in wrong places. Since is used when one talks about one particular point of time. It has been raining since yesterday. Yesterday here refers to a particular day, hence since is used. For is used when one refers to a […]

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Hardly fast???

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Adverbs are the words which are used to describe an action (verb) like playing well, behave nicely, rightly punished and so on. Some adverbs are incorrectly used by many: They worked hardly for this presentation. The car went fastly. Here both the adverbs ( hardly and fastly ) are incorrect. Fastly is no word at […]

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