Author: Edmund Duncan

The 100 most common words in English 1. the 21. at 61. some 17. with 37. when 77. no 18. his 38. your 78. way 19. they 39. can 79. could 20. I 40. said 80. people What are the most commonly used words? 100 most common words Word Parts […]

Article Writing Topics for Class 7 CBSE Format, Examples Pdf Write the HEADING/TITLE at the top. Write the name of the writer below it. Split your subject matter into 3 – 4 paragraphs. Systematic presentation of ideas is a must. Pay attention to grammatical accuracy and use good vocabulary. What […]

Articles: A versus An If the first letter makes a vowel-type sound, you use “an”; if the first letter would make a consonant-type sound, you use “a.” However, even if you follow these basic rules when deciding to use “a” or “an,” remember that there are some exceptions to these […]

English Alphabet # Capital Letter Name 5 E e 6 F ef 7 G gee 8 H (h)aitch What is the 27th letter in the alphabet? The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction “and”. It originated as a ligature of the letters […]

“Like” is one of the most abused words in the English language. It’s so versatile and can be used in almost any sentence. The word was first popularized by the Beatniks in the 1950s as a sign of being cool. The word only reached mainstream popularity in the 1980s after […]

It isn’t universal. In Indo-European languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Hindi, etc – basically every language on the European landmass not including China and some of India/middle east) ‘no’ and ‘yes’ words derive from fundamentally the same sources (or a few prime sources). Why do so many […]

Since there was only one, ‘the’ was unnecessary, so ‘in hospital”(when someone was ill) and ‘at hospital” when someone was working, meeting or visiting there. “ Originally Answered: Why do Brits say “in hospital” rather than “in *the* hospital?”? “In hospital” means being there as an in-patient. Why do British […]

Rise to popularity. The first ever version of Microsoft Word – Word 1.0 – was launched in October 1983 and developed by former Xerox programmers, Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie. Who made the first word? Also according to Wiki answers,the first word ever uttered was “Aa,” which meant “Hey!” This […]

Definition: In debt; to owe money. What does but in red mean? phrase. If a person or company is in the red or if their bank account is in the red, they have spent more money than they have in their account and therefore they owe money to the bank. […]

REE is a valid scrabble word. What is a REE? Noun. ree (plural rees) (Now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication. (Now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy. Is there a word REE? Ree definition (Now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy. (intransitive, […]

Words That End With MENT cement. dement. foment. lament. loment. moment. How many English words end in ment? A list of words ending with ment. There are 642 words ending with ment, listed below sorted by word length. There is also a list of words starting with ment. What is […]

In short, the British pronounce “Z” as /zɛd/ (zed) whereas Americans pronounce it as /ziː/ (zee). Note that the same pronunciation is naturally used also in the plural: the plural of “Z”, denoted “Zs”, “Z’s” or “z’s”, is pronounced as /zɛdz/ (zedz) in the UK and /ziːz/ (zeez) in the […]