Vale is a shortened form of the word valley. An example of vale is an open area, often with a stream, between two mountain areas. … Vale is defined as a way to express farewell. An example of vale is a word used to say goodbye. What is a impoverish?Read More →
Punctuation marks are the symbols we use to clarify meaning, question marks, exclamation points, periods, etc. Grammar is the structure of language. You can think of it as word order and choice. How we order our language is part of what determines meaning. What is the proper punctuation for aRead More →
Despite its archaic, literary ring, oftentimes is quite alive today. In fact, it seems to be more popular even now than it was thirty years or so ago, appearing frequently both in written expressions and in quoted speech. When can I use oftentimes in a sentence? If something oftentimes happens,Read More →
When talking about something that didn’t happen in the past, many English speakers use the conditional perfect (if I would have done) when they should be using the past perfect (if I had done). If I had known, I would have told you. If I would have known, I wouldRead More →
In linguistics, a pro-verb is a verb or partial phrase that substitutes for a contextually recognizable verb phrase (via a process known as grammatical gapping), obviating the need to repeat an antecedent verb phrase. A pro-verb is a type of anaphora that falls within the general group of word classesRead More →
Converse functions as a noun, adjective, and verb, and conversate is synonymous with only one sense of the verb use of converse (“to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech”). Furthermore, conversate is a nonstandard form, and widely frowned upon in formal writing. What is the plural of conversant? Conversants meaningRead More →
1 The handle had fallen off the drawer. 2 She had fallen and cut her head open. 3 Our supplies have fallen short. 4 The building had fallen into disrepair. What is the difference between Fell and felled? As adjectives the difference between fallen and fell is that fallen isRead More →
Parallel structure means that coordinate parts of a sentence, such as items in a series or list, have the same grammatical form. Items in a series must be all nouns, all verbs, or all participles, and so on. … Maintaining parallelism helps writers avoid grammatically incorrect sentences. What is aRead More →
That’s an interjection. 🙂 Interjection is a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing. Is Injective a word? adjective. Of the nature ofRead More →
Correct: Had you asked me, I could have helped you. Incorrect: If you would have asked me, I could have helped you. The same mistake occurs with the verb “wish.” You can’t use the conditional perfect when wishing something had happened; you again need the past perfect. Correct: I wishRead More →