Punctuation Marks in English Grammar

Punctuation Marks in English

Punctuation marks in English grammar are the marks to show some special category of a sentence e.g., interrogative sentences are followed by a specific sign/mark: question mark and shows that someone has a question in a sentence or exclamatory mark are used to show emotions. There are many punctuation marks in English language. Punctuation marks in … Read more

Definition and Types of Word

Definition and Types of Word

Definition of the Word A word is a speech sound or a combination of sound having a particular meaning for an idea, object or thought and has a spoken or written form. In English language word is composed by an individual letter (e.g., ‘I’), I am a boy, or by a combination of letters (e.g., … Read more

How to Use Would, Could, and Should: Modal Verbs

Would, Could, and Should are termed as auxiliary verbs or modal verbs and are part of our day life conversation. Like all other modal auxiliaries, would, could and should usually don’t change their form. Keep in your mind that would is used to talk about something that will happen in an imagined situation. We use could to talk about … Read more

Active Voice and Passive Voice | A Complete Guide

Active voice sentences are the sentences where a subject of a sentence that acts upon its verb on the other hand, passive voice sentences are those sentences where a subject of a sentence is a recipient of a verb’s action.  What’s the difference between active and passive voice? Active voice In active voice the subject of a sentence performs … Read more

What Is the Difference in Among and Between?

Difference in Among and Between

Among and between are two such words that can be easily confused. As a non-native English speaker, you may be familiar with the frustration of trying to use the right words in a sentence. Among and between are two words that are often used interchangeably, even though they have different meanings. Understanding the differences between … Read more

How to Use etc. Correctly in a Sentence? Et-cetera

How to Use etc. Correctly in a Sentence Et-cetera

How to Use etc. Correctly in a Sentence? Et cetera is a short Latin phrase which means “and the rest”. Et means ‘and’, cetera means ‘the rest’. The abbreviation of short phrase et cetera is etc. The use of abbreviation etc. is very common than the full phrase et cetera in both technical and business … Read more

Direct and Indirect Speech in English | A Complete Guide

Direct and indirect speech are two ways to report what someone else has said. In direct speech, the exact words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks. In indirect speech, the words of the speaker are reported without using their exact words and without using quotation marks. Instead, the reported speech is often … Read more

Differences Between Will and Would: Modal Verbs

Will and would are modal auxiliaries in English grammar that are frequently used in sentences and are a central part of English grammar. Both words have some similarities that make it difficult to use and require sufficient attention to use them properly in a sentence to achieve correct meaning of a sentence. Wrong use of these modal auxiliaries can … Read more

Zero, First, Second, and Third Conditionals in English

Zero, First, Second, and Third Conditionals

What Are Conditional Sentences? Conditionals are important in the English language since they assist us with communicating things that might occur in the present and future. Conditionals fill many needs and take a few unique structures. They are used to offering guidance, express emotions and examine realities, besides other things. Linguistically, the types of all … Read more

The Same Word Acting As a Different Part of Speech

different parts of speech

English words are divided into different parts of speech. Generally, we divide words into eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Sometime we place articles and determiners into different category and sometime we place these under adjective category. Generally, a word belongs to a single category, but sometimes a … Read more