Interchanging compliment and complement is a common mistake in the English language. The two words are homonyms, i.e. they are similar in spelling and pronunciation but have entirely different meanings and hence, the need to use them appropriately. It’s surprising to see how many people get these words wrong. And …

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas”. Isn’t it weird to read that an elephant wore pajamas? Though this statement puts a smile on your face, it reminds us about the important of proper usage of modifiers in a sentence. Improper usage or misplaced modifiers can make your …

Comparing two things is the most common way of taking decisions. Grocery shopping involves comparing similar products of different brands or even different packaging of the same products; this phenomenon is even extended to humans when we compare height, weight, nature, looks or other general aspects of one person with …

If you can differentiate the emotional intensity associated with the following expressions – “I can only imagine how hard this is for you” and “I completely understand what you’re going through”, then you may not find it hard to distinguish between sympathy and empathy. Sympathy is just a sorry feeling …

The English language can often be pretty confusing even for the most accomplished of its exponents. This is because English is perhaps the only language, that has been in constant evolution with constantly added new words, phrases and their usage, that have been added through centuries not only enriching it …

Are you trying to rewind the grammar lessons on Adverbs? Well, we will help you out in that. By definition, adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, another adverb, an adjective, a phrase or a clause. When you say, “He drove the car slowly”, you are actually …

Beautiful, pretty, bold, fierce, majestic, many, few, small, blue, much, green, tall, cute, red, smart, two, any-and the list just goes on. These words might look random but they are all describing words, aka adjectives. Adjectives cannot stand on their own as they are supposed to describe nouns or pronoun …

“Whom” or “who”, which is to be used? Isn’t it ironical these interrogative pronouns, used to ask questions, raise questions by themselves? You might have come across several such situations wherein selecting the proper pronoun had caused utter confusion. “Who do you love” or “Whom do you love” – which …

The first concept of English grammar that you learn in school is the four letter word, “noun”. Anything that’s a name of a person, place, thing or animal falls under the category of nouns. Well, as you grow up, the concepts remain the same but you encounter them with much …

‘Catherine ran the street the road’. Yes, that is a sentence of course, but rather a meaningless one. In order to make it sound clear, you need to identify the missing elements. It’s the prepositions that are missing from the sentence. You might have come across them frequently for sure. …