An axle is a pin or shaft on (or with which) a wheel or pair of wheels revolves. The centers of the wheels are connected ….
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Not long ago I thought awhile about taking a while to pen this article. Let’s face it. The differences between awhile and a while can ….
If you seek vengeance, you aim to avenge wrongs, not revenge wrongs. “Avenge” is a transitive verb that means to take vengeance for, or on ….
“Attain” means “to reach,” and “obtain” means “to gain.” “Attain” is a transitive verb that means “to reach,” as an end or “to come to,” ….
Afterward Afterward is an adverb meaning at a later or succeeding time, subsequently, or thereafter. Afterward without an “-s” on the end is the US spelling ….
Assent refers to agreement, while an ascent is a climb. When you get people to agree with you, you gain their assent. When you climb ….
I often encounter phrases like “as time progressed” or “as the hours progressed” in submissions. You may be familiar with the idiom, “Time marches on.” ….
Arrant means being notoriously without moderation or extreme. Arrant was originally a variant of errant, but it developed a meaning of its own before any ….
Addition and edition may occasionally come dangerously close together in meaning. Which is the correct word in the following sentence? On this special bonus [addition ….
Add conventionally functions as an abbreviation of the word addition. Otherwise, by itself, add is a verb meaning either to calculate the total of multiple ….