Month: May 2013

Vocabulary

Word of the Week-7

To apprehend, as we all know, is to understand or grasp the meaning of something. The kids apprehended the lesson very well. To apprehend, as very few would know, is also to get arrested or to be taken into custody by a legal authority. The burglars were apprehended by the police in no time. Apprehension, […]

Vocabulary

Stationery vs Stationary

Stationery and Stationary are the words often used at the wrong place in the wrong context, owing to the spelling error. One really needs to be careful as the two words mean quite different. Stationary refers to something which is at rest; not moving. The sun stands stationary at the center of our solar system. […]

Usage

Prepositions-5

Another set of statements to be corrected for the prepositions used: * He took a ride on a tonga. * She offered me a chair to sit. * Punjabi families spend too much for luxuries. * The company must compensate her loss. * We will come back within an hour. * They returned from the […]

Usage

Making Request

Can you buy me a cup of coffee? Will you buy me a cup of coffee? Which of the two is the correct way of making a request? Well, there are many ways of making requests. Can you and Will you are less polite ways of asking someone to do something and are used in […]

Structure/rule

Verbs-3

Let us today see verb co-ordination with the conjunctions (joining words) either-or and neither-nor. When Either-or and Neither-nor refer to one person or thing or one of the two singular choices mentioned in a statement, they are followed by singular form of verb( is, has, plays…). Neither Neha nor her sister is good at playing […]

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