[responsivevoice]Slapstick[/responsivevoice] [slap-stik] Quotation: Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it. Maureen O’Hara Social Example:
We all are cognizant that the lack of punctuation or incorrect punctuation could change the meaning of the sentence entirely. But why do we use them? Wouldn’t English be easier without the use of punctuation marks? The answer is yes, and no, both! Yes, the language will be much easier, because there wouldn’t be this […]
[responsivevoice]Plaintive[/responsivevoice] [ pleyn-tiv ] Quotation: The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos. Lydia M. Child Social Example:
[responsivevoice]Ennoble[/responsivevoice] [en-noh-buh l] Quote: Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. Jean Paul Social Example:
[responsivevoice]Topaz[/responsivevoice] [toh-pa-z] Social Example:
Before you read on, you should check out the first part of this article Homophones That Every English Speaker Should Know (Part 1). Let’s take a quick recap. Homophones are those words that sound similar to one another but have different meanings and spellings. There are so many such homophones that we use in our […]
Doesn’t this happen, that you are so good with your hold on the English language, and yet sometimes, even the basic spellings confuse you? For example, you wrote something, and suddenly you wonder whether you had written ‘wait’ instead of weight. Even though these homophones words are elementary, one could get confused in the flow […]
[responsivevoice]Poignant[/responsivevoice] [poin-yuhnt] Quotation: The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant. Micheal Leunig Social Example:
[responsivevoice]Palpable[/responsivevoice] [pal-puh-buhl] Quotation: Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable. Joseph Brodsky Social Example:
The word ‘sympathy’ has been around for a long time now, while empathy is amongst the newer words in the English language. We often hear people say sentences like “I sympathize with you” or “I empathize with you’. Somehow, it has become a part of our language. Unfortunately, not many know that both these words […]