Contemporary English: All Vs Every

Contemporary English: All Vs Every: ' All ' and ' every ' have quite similar meanings. They can both be used to talk about people or things in general: note tha...

Contemporary English: All: Details

Contemporary English: All: Details: The exact rules for the use of 'All' are quite complicated:  1. All (of) before nouns and pronouns  In general, 'all' and ...

Contemporary English: All: Introduction

Contemporary English: All: Introduction: Typical mistakes:  All of children can be naughty sometimes.  All you are wrong. We all are tired.  'All' can be used in several dif...

Contemporary English: Alike

Contemporary English: Alike: ' Alike ' means 'like each other'. It is only used after a verb (in 'predicative' position). Compare the following: ...

Contemporary English: Ain't

Contemporary English: Ain't: ' Ain't ' is not used in standard ('correct') English, but it is a very common word in dialects and 'uneducated'...

Contemporary English: Agree

Contemporary English: Agree: 1. Typical mistakes:  I am agree with you.  We not agree.   'Agree' is a b verb, not an adjective.  I agree with you.  We don't ...

Contemporary English: Ago

Contemporary English: Ago: Typical mistakes:  I met her ago three years.  I have left school three years ago.  I have started working for this firm before three years....

Contemporary English: Age

Contemporary English: Age: Typical mistakes:  He has thirty-five.  He is thirty-five years.  He's thirty-five old.  You can give your age either by just giving th...

Contemporary English: After all

Contemporary English: After all: Typical mistake :  We had a nice party with drinks and dancing; the, after all , we went home.  ' After all ' does not mean ' fi...

Contemporary English: After

Contemporary English: After: 1 . Typical mistake:  I'll phone you after I shall arrive (Or: ... after I shall have arrived).  After cannot be followed by a future...

Contemporary English: Afraid

Contemporary English: Afraid: 1. In informal English, we use afraid (of) much more often than fear.  Don't be afraid.  Are you afraid of the dark?        Do you fear ...

Contemporary English: Affect Vs Effect

Contemporary English: Affect Vs Effect:   Affect is a verb. It means 'cause a change in'.  The cold weather affected everybody's work.  Effect is a noun. It means ...

Contemporary English: Admission Vs Admittance

Contemporary English: Admission Vs Admittance: Admission is used particularly to express the idea of being allowed into a public building or place.  Admission 70 pence.  Admissions Depa...

Contemporary English: Position of adverbs: end-position (details)

Contemporary English: Position of adverbs: end-position (details): Typical mistakes:   I went at once there.  I think we should go early to bed.  Come at four o'clock to my office.  She went quickly home...

Contemporary English: Position of adverbs: mid-position (details)

Contemporary English: Position of adverbs: mid-position (details): Typical mistakes:   I go often to the theatre.  She often is late.  We always have lived in this house.  This job will be never finished.  1...

Contemporary English: Position of Adverbs: General

Contemporary English: Position of Adverbs: General: Typical mistakes:   Always you make the same mistake.  Never I will understand this.  I a couple of days ago ordered some seeds for the gard...

Contemporary English: Nouns Used As Adjective

Contemporary English: Nouns Used As Adjective: It's very common to use nouns as adjectives by putting them before other nouns (in 'attributive' position). E.g. car door, chees...

Contemporary English: Adjectives with And

Contemporary English: Adjectives with And: When 2 or 3 adjectives come together, we sometimes put 'And' with them and sometimes not. It depends partly on their position in the...

Contemporary English: Adjectives: Order

Contemporary English: Adjectives: Order: When several adjectives come before a noun, they usually have to be put in a particular order. For instance, we say a fat old lady, not *an ...