We give things names to assign meaning to them and to identify them. We name people, places, and things, and there are all sorts of conventions and traditions associated with giving names. But are these names words? Names are considered words, as a word is a single unit of language that means something and can …
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Writing from the first-person point of view is often the easiest and least formal perspective from which to write. But many times, you’ll find that nearly all of your sentences begin with the letter I, which can make things sound repetitive and even dull. Replacements for I included myself, me, the writer, the author, the …
There are many different uses of the words will and would in English. As auxiliary verbs, we use these words to create tiny shifts in meaning within different contexts. “Will not” indicates a definite outcome from a real-world specific scenario, like “I will not be going to the baseball game on Sunday. “Would not” refers …
When learning American English, certain words may confuse you, especially when they look and sound alike. A case in point would be the words “sale” and “sell.” You may already be mistaking one for the other right now. “Sale” is a noun that refers to either the exchange that takes place or selling at a …
We recognize beauty when we see it. Each of us vividly remembers encountering something aesthetically pleasing to the eye — we stopped what we were doing and stared at the sunset, a face, a pet, or a painting. We were so captivated we did not ask what made it so appealing. Aesthetically pleasing refers to …
The English language is riddled with rules and exceptions to those rules, but the use of “there was” and “there were” is relatively straightforward and consistent. As long as you have grasped the basics for the verb “to be,” and you understand plurals, you’ll be able to use these phrases correctly. Both there were and …