Words with doubled letters are often hard to spell and write because it may be unclear what letter to double. In this word, you may have the feeling that ‘c’ is worthy of duplicating, however, this is wrong. 4. deductible (deductable) Another confusing thing in English is -ible/-able...
There are many words in the English language that either sound similar or have similar letters. For instance, advice and advice have the same pronunciation and almost the exact spelling. This similarity makes people need clarification when using the same word to describe different situations or thin...
Words with unconventional spelling or silent letters can be challenging to pronounce or spell. Some examples are: Colonel Colonel Johnson was happy to follow in his father’s footsteps. The word “colonel” is one of the hard English words to pronounce. It is pronounced “kər-nəl,”...
Intermediate English quiz to practise spelling high frequency words with similar sounds that English language students often find confusing. This multiple choice vocabulary exercise on homophones will help you learn how to spell some commonly confused wo
And we continue on our tour through confusing words and word pairs….today, the rest ofCand all ofD. Next week, the quiz. Then we will take a little break and talk about something else fun! Wow, I just wrote a bunch of sentence fragments! Refer back to the posts onA words,B words...
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to an extent, but what does it really mean? It is short for the Latin phrase id est, which literally translates as that is. However, the meaning in English is a bit more specific, and it is used to mean things likenamely, in essence, essentially, in other words or that is to say...
GrayandGreyare words that have exactly the same meaning. The only difference is thatgreyis used predominately in British English, whereasgrayis used in American English. The words are mostly used as an adjective, i.e. to describe the intermediate color between black and white, but they can ...
The “we” and “me” in the name are pronounced just like those two words are spoken by themselves, making it closer to “wee-ki mee-ki”. The Hangul confirms this: 위키미키, or “wi-ki mi-ki”!Lovelyz’s Baby Soul To Promote Using Her Real Name Following Renewal ...
This is one of the proverbs that have some logical sense to it. Bear with us while we spell it out for you: ‘If you need something from a dog, refer to him as your master.’ This means you must bend over backward if you need something from someone who is difficult, perhaps a bos...