This Week’s Grammar Mailbox Question: And — As well as — As well “And” joins two or more ideas in a parallel structure. The two (or more) elements being connected byRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox Question: Disinterested or Uninterested? If you are uninterested, you are bored, unconcerned, or indifferent. If you are disinterested, you are impartial and unbiased. For example: Sheila was uninterested in learning math; sheRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox Question: Historic or Historical? While both are adjectives, “historic” means having significance in history or having an influence on history. “Historical” means anything occurring in or relatingRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox Question: Economic or Economical? “Economic” and “economical”, though both adjectives, are NOT synonyms (= having the same meaning). Economic (adjective): Related to the economy, finances, money matters orRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox Question Comes from a Year 2 BMSIM Student: What is the difference between ‘at’ and ‘in’? AT –AT describes position at a specific point. It’s very cold at theRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox question is: Lay or lie? Lay, as a transitive verb (vt), means to put or place. It takes a direct object. Lie, as an intransitive verb (vi), means toRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox question is: Fewer or Less? Use fewer when referring to COUNTABLE nouns in the plural. e.g. Fewer students are choosing language-related subjects nowadays. Use less when referring to UNCOUNTABLE nouns or nouns thatRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox question is: What is wrong with this sentence? “Everyone came to our Christmas party and brought their favourite cake.” The problem is related to singular indefinite pronouns TheRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox question is: How does affect differ from effect? The answer is actually fairly straightforward. Affect is a verb that means “to influence.” Though effect can be a verbRead More…
This Week’s Grammar Mailbox question is: What are some of the most commonly misspelt words in English? Hurray for auto spell-checkers! Still, over-reliance on such tools may cause us to lose the fundamentalRead More…