Here’s another set of homophones that also confuse some writers. Although vane, vain, and vein sound alike, they have very different meanings and uses. This… Continue reading
Vane vs. Vain vs. Vein
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Conditional Clauses Exercise
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Test your understanding of conditional clauses with this grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form. Answers If I were you, I… Continue reading
Convince vs. Persuade
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While many people today use the words convince and persuade interchangeably in their writing, these terms have a difference. It would not be surprising that… Continue reading
Continual vs. Continuous
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In the English language, you may encounter words that sometimes overlap in meaning and are frequently interchanged even by native speakers and writers. This is… Continue reading
Articles Exercise
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Some place names take the article ‘the’ with them, but some other place names are used without the article the. Can you use articles correctly?… Continue reading