Text of the Poem: A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I waterd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And … Read more
Text of the Poem The Tiger (The Tiger) Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye,Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies.Burnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what art,Could twist the … Read more
Text of the Poem Leisure What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No … Read more
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-epic and a piece of social satire where Alexander Pope depicts the society of that time. The Rape of the Lock covers many themes, major themes in “The Rape of the Lock” are beauty and appearance, religion and morality, immorality and pursuits of upper class, victory and defeat, … Read more
Branches of Linguistics | Micro Linguistics & Macro Linguistics Linguistics is defined as the scientific study of language. First we should know that what is language? Language is a method of communication across human beings, either written or spoken, consisting of the use of words in a structured way. In simple words, language is a … Read more
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
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 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
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 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 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
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
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
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
Will and shall both are modal verbs or auxiliary verbs and used with the main verb to elaborate the function of the main verb in a clause or sentence. Both shall and will have similar meaning in a sentence but both are used in different grammatical context. There are two main varieties of English: British … Read more