As a Speech Sound A consonant is such a speech sound or a letter that is not a vowel. It means that in English alphabets, other than vowels, all the other letters are consonants. Check out the below lists of vowels and consonants. Vowels: A, E, I, O, U. Consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Note: Sometimes, Y does not act as a consonant. About Syllables A syllable is known as a unit of pronunciation which is formed with the … [Read more...]
Difference between Donut and Doughnut
Writers, especially the beginners, may think English as a difficult language. The reason behind it is that English has many confusing words in its vocabulary. You may come across such words that have two different spellings or sometimes, you may get confused of between two variants of English language, American English and British English. You have to be careful in spellings. It happens that a word has two different spellings; one is followed by American writers while the other one is preferred … [Read more...]
What is a Conjunction? – Definition & Examples
For me, a conjunction is a connector because it is that part of speech that connects words, clauses, phrases, or sentences. See an example below, I think, Sarah is going to bring laptop and books. In the above example, ‘and’ is the conjunction that is used to join the words ‘laptop’ and ‘books.’ Now, I want to tell you more about conjunctions. There are three different types of conjunctions. Each type has the same function i.e. connects words, clauses, phrases, or sentences. Let … [Read more...]
Difference between Unorganized and Disorganized
Don’t make mistakes! If you are an English writer, be aware that there are many confusing words in English vocabulary. For instance, there are words that sound interchangeable but have different meanings. Unorganized vs. disorganized is such a case that many people are unaware of the differences between them. In this post, I will discuss both of these words with their definitions and I will also use the terms ‘unorganized’ and ‘disorganized’ in example sentences. Unorganized vs. Disorganized … [Read more...]
What is Conjugation? – Definition & Examples
What is conjugation? Let me first tell you that a conjugation is an arrangement of the changing of verb forms in accordance with a person, tense, number, gender, or aspect. It means that verbs do change its form to express a grammatically correct idea. Let us check out how verb form changes to show a different gender, person, number, tense, or aspect. Person There are different persons in English, such as, 1. First person: Singular > I Plural > We 2. Second person: … [Read more...]
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