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The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (Arabic: جامع عمرو بن العاص‎), Egypt’s first Islamic structure, built by Amr ibn al-As, the leader of an invading…

Lie and lay sound similar, they look similar, their meanings are similar, and don’t get us started on the similarities between their different tenses. Lay…

Imply and infer can be easily confused due to their somewhat similar meanings. ‘Imply’ and ‘Infer’ are the two most confounding words in the English…

The Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque, one of the finest 14th-century monuments, was built in 1340 by Amir (Prince) “Altunbugha al-Maridani”. It is a mosque dating…

Verbs are a part of grammar which is an important part to frame a sentence. There are certain forms which a verb can take, called…

The words ‘loose’ and ‘lose’ are often confused because of their similar spelling. The words ‘loose’ and ‘lose’, are the pair of words that are usually misconstrued,…

Both past and passed can be used in motion and time. Passed and past are the most confounding homonyms in the English language. The word past can…

Al-Rifa’i Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرفاعي‎, transliterated also as Al-Rifai, Al-Refai, Al-Refa’i, El-Refa’i, and named in English: the Refaai Mosque) is one of Cairo’s largest mosques.…

“Bring” and “take” are two verbs that often appear on lists of commonly confused words. The words, bring, and take both are examples of irregular verbs,…

The difference between “on time” and “in time” is a subtle one, and the two expressions may sometimes be used interchangeably. In our day to…

The difference between ‘in’ and ‘into’ is whether or not there is movement. Many think that ‘in’ and ‘into’ are interchangeable, while this is not…

Coarse and course, are a pair of homonyms in English which have exactly similar pronunciation, but their spellings and meanings are contrasting. These two words…