A While Vs. Awhile
One of our readers, Maninder, recently wrote to us and asked a simple question: ‘When to use a while and awhile? I seem to using one when the other is required and vice-versa.” Well, the difference is an easy one but we just seem to forget it every now and then. A...
Subject Verb Agreement
The rule that defines it all: the verb must agree with its subject in number and in person. In other words, the verb must be of the same number and person as the subject. NOTE: Subject-Verb concord is one of the most tested grammar concepts in competitive...
Affect vs. Effect
Affect and effect are two words, which can be confusing if you were to find out how to and when to use them. The fact that a simple the usage of an a and an e can create such a fuss says something about the language we are dealing with. In simple grammatical terms,...
Practice Vs. Practise
As they say English is a funny language and we could not agree any less when we come to confusions such as these. You must be wondering what difference a ‘c’ and a ‘s’ can make? Well, if you are a grammar fanatic, the wrong usage here might kill you, as the first one,...
