Meaning of verb:

A verb is nothing but a word used to show that an action is taking place or to indicate the existence of a state or condition or the part of speech to which such a word belongs. Verb also denotes predicate of sentence (i.e.) the part of a clause or a sentence that includes the verb, but excludes the subject of the verb. On the basis of the language, a verb might vary in form based on several factors like voice, tense, mood and aspect.

Types of verb:

Verb can be classified on two different categories. The first category is that verb can be divided according to the job they do in a sentence this is also called as syntactically division of verbs and under this category the types include finite verbs, non-finite verbs and helping verbs or auxiliary verbs. The second category is that verb can be divided according to the basis of how they are formed. This is also termed as morphological division of verbs and this includes regular... Read more...

owning to means ‘because of; due to means ’caused by’ and is always Effect after it follows a form of the verb ‘to be’: Her grey hairs were due to worry, but Owing to the snow, the train was canceled.

A clear rule is to use ‘due to’ after the verb ‘to be’ and either form else-here. But to repeat: He was late owing to traffic is correct; his lateness was due to traffic is correct, but the common He was late due to traffic is wrong even though it sounds right (substitute ’caused by’ here for ‘due to’ and you’ll get the point).

2. Farther, further

In a narrow sense, farther refers to additional distance, and further to additional time, amount, or abstract matters. But further is now often used for both time and distance. Farther, however, can only be used for distance, so you could say Is it much further, father?, or Is it much farther, father? The simplest solution is to use only further.

3. Flaunt, flout

Try to avoid mixing these up: flaunting is showing off, whereas flouting is defying co... Read more...

The main auxiliary verbs you will use are to have, to be, shall, will, may and can. However, these are not the only linking verbs you will encounter in everyday grammar. Some of the lesser used linking verbs are do, such as, ought, must, used, ought and dare. Some auxiliary verbs are created by linking into the different forms of clauses. These words are: am, is, are, shall, should, be, being, been, was, were, will, would, has, have, having, had, do, does, did, can, could, may, might, must, ought (to), get, got(ten).

When used in the passive voice the auxiliary verb is used to keep the clause ambiguous. In the sentence “The door was opened.” you ca... Read more...

What is a verb?
A Verb is a word that shows action or doing.
Examples: run, dream, smile, swim

What is a main verb?

Sentences may contain more than one verb. The main verb of a sentence is one which states the action of the subject.

Example: The dog is chewing on his toy.

In this sentence, dog is the subject.
Chewing is the main verb because it describes the action of the dog.
The word ,is, in this sentence serves as an auxiliary verb which will be discussed further.

What is tense?
Tense basically denotes past, present or future. Therefore the tense of the verb lets the reader know when something happened, is happening or is going to happen.
Example: The dog is chewing on his toy, informs us that he is currently chewing.

Putting it together:
The main verb tense tells us when the subject is doing whatever he or she is doing. Verbs have the ability to give us ... Read more...

Latter is the second-named of two items; ‘former’ the first later refers to time: Henry and George decided to leave. ‘See you later’ said the latter.

2. like, such as

Like suggests resemblance and means ‘similar to’: thus a band like Oasis means a band that resembles them, but it also nowadays means ‘a band such as Oasis’. In other words, like has come to have two meanings where previously there was a clear distinction between ‘like’ and ‘such as’. Such as is used to precede an example or examples of a larger subject: there are great bands such as Oasis and Radio head. Bands here are the larger generic term, while the named bands are individual examples of bands.

3. Media

Media is the plural of medium. There are two things to be on guard about. You should write television is the most important medium in society (not med... Read more...