Besides pronunciation, the main difference between advice with a C and advise with an S is that “advise” is a verb meaning to offer an ….
Do you find beer nuts addicting or addictive? Technically, they are neither, though in common parlance, they could be either. Confused yet? Addiction is a ….
Even though except and accept sound similar they mean very different things. Accept is a verb that means to believe in, or to agree, or ….
In referring to singing without instrumental accompaniment, the traditional and therefore most correct spelling is from the Italian; two words, two Ps, two Ls, spelled ….
While the verbs are “absorbed” and “absorbing” both beginning with “aB” and have an “-orB” in there, the noun is either “absorption” with an “-orP” ….
Strongest of mortal men, To lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fallen. — (John Milton [1608–1674], Samson Agonistes: line 168-169) The word abject means ….
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Work every day. No matter what happened the day or night before, get up and bite the nail. ~Ernest Hemingway
Wearing a pink feather boa and sequined purple top hat to a funeral? Aberrant. Stealing the corpse? Abhorrent. Abhorrent means disgusting, horrible, or detestable . ….
“A.D.” does not mean “after death,” as many people suppose. “B.C.” stands for the English phrase “before Christ,” but “A.D.” perhaps confusingly stands for the ….
Aural only ever refers to the ear or hearing, and oral only ever refers to the mouth or speaking. Something verbal is something expressed in ….