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Homophones sound the same but are spelled differently. The words ‘bear’ and ‘bare’ are homonyms that are pronounced exactly similar, but they are spelled differently…

World Press Freedom Day or just “World Press Day” is annually observed on 3rd May to inform the international community that freedom of the press…

Social Commerce is a kind of e-commerce that uses online social networks to help in the buying and selling of goods and services. It is…

Direct and indirect speech can be a source of confusion for English learners. In a direct speech, we use inverted commas to highlight the exact…

Riot, in legal code, a violent offense against public order involving three or more people. Like an unlawful assembly, a riot involves a gathering of…

Desert and dessert are two commonly confused words in the English language. They often look alike, but there is a slight difference in their spelling,…

The cost of living is a cost that maintains a specific level of living, in a given geo-location. On the other hand, the standard of…

The adjectives childish and childlike both refer to the characteristics of a child—but generally not to the same characteristics. The words childish and childlike, are…

Syntax implies the set of rules that define the way in which words and phrases are organized, to make coherent sentences. On the other hand,…

A formal writing style is one that is used for business, legal or professional purposes. It is used when writing for academic, professional, and legal…

The conjunctions used to join independent clauses in compound sentences are coordinating conjunctions. The most common coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet,…

While both similes and metaphors are used to make comparisons, the difference between similes and metaphors comes down to a word. No form of poetry…