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 […]
Hardly fast???
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 […]
Verbs and more
Blow is a verb which in simple terms refer to a current of air or movement caused by it. A cool breeze was blowing in the morning. Now let us add different prepositions to this verb and see how it takes different meanings: Blow out means to extinguish a flame by blowing. He blew out […]
Using ‘the’-2
Let us today see a few more places where ‘the’ is used: ‘The’ is used before: * superlatives ( third degree of adjectives ) the best day, the happiest moment, the most amazing experience * numbers used as adjectives the first row, the last week, the twelfth man * ‘only’ used as an adjective the […]
Word of the week-8
Innocent and simple are the words we generally use to describe a person who is plain, humble and harmless. Credulous and gullible are two words which can be put to the same category. Credulous( kra-du-lus ) means something apt to believe or someone too ready to believe things. Gullible( ga-li-bal ) is used to describe […]