Between is used when you refer to two people or things at one point of time. However when you refer to more than two people or things, you ought to use Among. Let us keep this secret between three of us. The statement might sound very familiar to you because it is often used by […]
Give in vs Give up
Give in and Give up do not mean the same as generally understood by many. Give in means to accept one’s defeat in a competition or battle. Don’t give in without even trying. It’s a game and anyone can win. Give up means to lose your hope and feel despair. Don’t give up on life, […]
Prepositions-4
Another exercise on Prepositions today. Correct the following statements for the prepositions used in them: * He ran till the end of the road. * The little mouse sprang on the table. * She slept upto six o’clock. * Don’t grieve at the loss of five hundred bucks. * The fan is right on my […]
Use of Past Tense-2
Let us today work on something we learnt a few days ago: the rule which says that you can’t have two past forms in a single statement; that is, if you have the helping verb ( do) before the main verb ( fly, eat, give…) then the helping verb takes the past form ( did […]
Word of the week-4
Happy, joyful, cheerful, blissful and glad are commonly used words to represent a carefree and joyous state of mind. Here are two more words you can add to this bouquet: Blithe (bli-th) and Mirth (m-rth) which mean the same. Everyone loves her for her blithe spirit. The whole staff is mirthful on getting early bonus.