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English writing and reading skills have a universal value since it is an international language. One should have a good knowledge of both written and spoken English to be able to communicate effectively in any country. Written English skills are closely associated with spoken English skills. If you have good written English skills, you will be able to express your views to the outside world effectively through your writing. Good written English skills will be useful for you in different situations.
Having excellent written English skill is very much essential... Read more...
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Posted in Essay Writing |
Nowadays we have two styles of English language in use; they are the British English and the American English. Many people think that there is no difference between the two styles of English, but there is a lot of difference in the use of these two styles of English language. As a beginner one cannot find the difference between the two styles. But a well-experienced person in any of these styles of language can easily identify the difference between them.
The differences between these two styles of English language are, the first thing is the vocabulary used in these styles of languages. The vocabulary used in the British language is different from the vocabulary used in the American English style. In the British English style they use the word petrol where as in the American style of English they use gasoline. The British people use to say that they drive lorry whereas the American people use to say that they drive truck. This makes the wide difference in the vocabulary used in the British and American style of English. The beginner who would like to learn English gets a lot of confusion with this vocabulary. He may misunder... Read more...
Tags: american style, british people, english language, english language in use, english style, pronunciation, Spelling, spellings, vocabulary
Posted in American English |
English corrector software is one of the widely used software these days. You can get this software as a trail version for free and you can buy the whole software as well. You can upgrade your free version to the registered version. There are various companies offering this type of English corrector software. There are various features involved in this software according to the developer who is providing the software.
You can use this software to develop your interpersonal skills and writing skills. This software will show you the errors made by you in typing so that you can rectify your errors.
You can use this English correcting software for checking vocabulary used by you in the document. This English correcting software keeps check on the words that you are using in your document. If any error occurs in your document, then it immediately warns you to check the error.
The basic conventional English checker is used to check the spellings of the words that are typed. The advanced English corrector checks over the spellings as well as the lines in your document and it checks the punctuations in your document and... Read more...
Tags: correct spelling, english language, Grammar, punctuation, punctuations, Spelling, spellings, vocabulary, writing skills
Posted in English Corrector Software, English Tips |
English is a fantastic language that many of us have a great desire to learn and to speak in English. But many of us find it hard to speak English correctly because of pronunciation of the words. Many words in English are pronounced alike with different spelling. This mispronunciation of words makes it hard to identify the words when someone speaks. This also makes us to misspell the words.
In English some sounds like “t” are silent which comes at the end of word. This makes the chance of misspell the word. For example, let us consider the word “start”, many of us does not spell the “t” sound, which is at the end of the word, this makes the listener hard to identify the spoken word, he might understand the word as “star” which is also a valid word. This affects the meaning of the sentence.
Let us see another example “read”, we can use this word in past tense, present tense as well as future tense. While we use this word in past tense we pronounce it as “red” and when we use the same word in present or future tense we pronounce it as “read”. Hence, based on the sentence we have to pronounce t... Read more...
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Posted in Spelling |
Better English writing is becoming difficult nowadays and this is mainly because of the dropping of the English writing standards among the people. Nowadays, abbreviations are being used in messages and this has spilled over to the other areas of communication making the standard of English writing more and more worse. Better English writing is in danger and every day we are able to spot blatant mistakes being made in radio, television, pamphlets, newspapers, e-mail, websites and other areas as well. Mistakes in written English are carried over to the spoken English and the same is happening vice versa. Therefore, it is better to see that the following six common mistakes, which are generally committed by people in written English, are avoided.
- Capitals letters: For emphasizing words, people are using capital letters in the middle of the sentences. Instead of using capital letters in the middle, it is better to use bold letters or color differentiation or larger fonts for emphasizing purpose.
- Commas: As we all know, comma is a kind of p... Read more...
Tags: abbreviations, capital letters, capitals, capitals letters, color differentiation, comma, commas, double quotation, english writing, exclamation mark, punctuation, punctuation marks, quotation, quotation marks, radio television, sentences, Spelling, spoken english
Posted in English Tips |
You have probably noticed if you are in the academic sector that students frequently find fault in spelling words. Even among the grown ups there is a tendency to bad spelling. This is actually a great drawback and needs immediate attention. Hence to find out the way to correct spelling inventive attempts should be made so that the problem can be resolved in a fine manner.
In the initial period when a kid leans to write it is quite evident that it may not spell all words correctly. Spelling seems to be a great barrier. At that very crucial period, if you try to show it out the way to correct spelling, its interest is sure to be ruined, for it does not move forward as your frown is there to show it the right way. Almost everyone who is associated with teaching is in the opinion that the child should not be discouraged in any way when it is trying to express the thoughts bubbling in its mind. Rather it needs a kind lead to widen its imagination.
Spelling is undoubtedly the prime thing of English language. You must not brood it over when you teach a child. Spelling must be taught but not in the initial grades at school. I... Read more...
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When it comes to Basic English grammar, article plays an important role. Here, we will see all about articles on English grammar.
Meaning of Article:
An article is nothing but the word used before a noun and which states whether the noun is an indefinite or a definite noun. An article establishes the noun and indicates how specific the noun is.
Types of Articles:
Article is classified into two types; they are definite article and indefinite article. The basic English grammar also teaches when an article should not be used and this is called no article.
Definite article:
The word ‘The’ is the definite article and it indicates that the noun that follows has already been defined in some way. The word ‘the’ should be used in the following types of sentences:
- When you know that the person to whom you are talking knows what particular thing / person you are talking about. For example: The banana you ate was rotten. Here, the listener knows that you are talking about banana, so you should use ‘the’ in th... Read more...
Tags: basic english grammar, indefinite article, indefinite articles, pronunciation, sentences, Spelling, types of sentences
Posted in English Tips, Writing |
In English, one spelling can have different pronunciations and the words with same sound can have different spellings. If you check the pronunciation of the whole word by looking at the phonetic script in a dictionary, you will find that the sound is very common in English. It is always unstressed. In this article, we will look at some of the sounds in English.
- Words ending with ‘ough’ are spelled in different ways in English. Some examples are given below:
Now sound: plough, bough
Cuff sound: enough, tough, rough
Toe sound: though, dough
Off sound: cough.
- Words containing ‘st’ where ‘t’ is not pronounced. Some examples are listen, whistle, whistle, bristle.
- Words containing ‘bt’ and ‘mb’, where b is not heard. Some examples are given below:
‘bt’: debt, subtle, doubt
‘mb’: plumber, comb, dumb
Tips for Pronunciation and spelling English words:
The tips given below will help you to understand spelling and pronunciation of some words in English.
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Tags: correct pronunciation, dictionary, different ways, phonetic script, pronunciations, root words, similar words, Spelling, spellings, suffixes and prefixes, syllables
Posted in English Pronunciation |
Double consonants or single consonants?
We are continuing here with problems in the body of a word. How, for example, does one spell a word like embarrass? How does one know, if at ell, that there are two ‘r’s in it? The fact is that there is no simple way of inferring what is correct. There comes a point at which you have to know these things or run a spell-check (or risk getting it wrong). Time and time again; there is no clear way of knowing whether we require a double or a single letter for a consonantal sound. we are going to provide a list of the words that are spelt wrongly not just in students’ essay but in a whole range of formal documents: words like accommodate end appall, committee and exaggerate, skilful and unparalleled.
But there is one rule for the endings of words, even if it is not instantly memorable. Consequently, we have begin and beginning, stop and stopping, but in unparalleled above, the emphasis wasn’t on the last syllable in the word unparallel. What about adding to sleep? It’s sleeping, because the consonant p isn’t preceded by a single vowel. We are aware t... Read more...
Tags: capital letters, capitals, correctness, education, piece of writing, spell check, Spelling
Posted in Spelling, Writing |
Having constructed your essay or exam answer, the job is not finished. Where possible, you need to edit, clarify, cut and polish your words. This doesn’t mean that you have to write, write again, rewrite and endlessly reconstruct an essay. The chance of it getting much better during such an assault is unlikely. The best written compositions tend to be the originals, and once heavy editing starts the original flavor can soon be lost. But there is always room for judicious pruning and clarification, and this depends on a careful re-reading of your work. Or rather two or three re-readings.
1. Re-read for sense, logic and coherence. Check that the facts are in order, the argument flows progressively, the conclusion is supported by the material in the middle, the detailed content, the facts.
2. Re-read and chop out all the unnecessary words, phrases or sentences that clutter up your meaning and intrude on clear thought. You will be amazed at how much superfluous verbiage you can edit out.
3. Check spelling, punctuation and presentation – the agreement of tense etc.
Check that your summary really d... Read more...
Tags: check spelling, exam answer, phrases, piece of writing, punctuation, sentences, Spelling, written compositions
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