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Maverick9211 wrote:I can't differeniate between abt nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc. I am not very bad at English. I do understand English very well. I can speak English, but not in fluently. I can't write it very well. Let's make do it this way: You give me some topic and I will...

Hi WAThere is no difference between the pronouns unless of comes after them. Note that noone is wrong, the correct spelling is no one or no-one:No one / No-one knows about it.But:No one of us knows about it. (Quite a few grammarians think you should say: None of us knows about it.)Every one of us...

Hwat for what is the original pronunciation and was the only form used in Middle English. In Modern English, many dialects lost the wine-whine distinction, and began pronouncing words spelled "wh" as simply "w", rather thn "hw". The original, conservative form is still around, and is considered...

>> While we are at it, what is that 500 years ago English called? Middle English? <<Well 1500 is usually defined as the beginning of Modern English.>> Heh, I didn't know that. Should we change the spelling of some words? <<No. Because they won't catch on. The difference...

Hi, What is the difference between 'ridiculous' and 'lidiculous'?Please give me some examples also. I've never heard/seen the word 'lidiculous'. It just seems like a spelling error to me. Where did you see it? I checked the internet and found a tiny number of hits, but the ones I looked at are...

Tyro wrote:Thanks, Philip. Can you please elaborate on the "it has been done" portion. What is the difference between has been and had been?Tyro Present perfect is used to describe an action completed in terms of the present (now): I have seen that film many times, she has made a mistake in...

Hi Adrien, Usually I don't comment on spelling errors or typos because I make so many myself, but there is a HUGE difference between heroin and heroine.

Note, also, that the spelling is "foetus" in English and "fetus" in American.

Marvin A. wrote:>> "May" is also a polite way for a clerk to ask if he or she can help you: "May I help you?" << "Can I help you?" is also used, but is one notch lower on the polite-o-metre.Wonderful word. Thanks! (But I'll use the American spelling of 'meter'.)

They have the same meaning, thus they're interchangeable. Here is the fully 'story': The status of ’til versus until and till is often argued about and most style guides have something to say on the matter. The most common belief is that till is a shortened form of until. You can see how this...