Effective and Efficient; Especially and Specially
August 4th, 2011 in Words
If you are efficient you work well without wasting time or energy.
As he was efficient he was promoted.
If something is effective, it has the desired result.
August 4th, 2011 in Words
If you are efficient you work well without wasting time or energy.
As he was efficient he was promoted.
If something is effective, it has the desired result.
July 20th, 2011 in Words
Else can mean ‘other’ or ‘more’ after words like somebody / someone / something / somewhere / anybody / anyone / anything / anywhere / everybody / everyone / everything / everywhere / nobody / no one / nothing /nowhere etc.
July 16th, 2011 in Words
The words eastern, western, northern and southern are used to talk about rather indefinite areas. The words east, west, north and south are used to talk about more clearly defined places.
July 14th, 2011 in Expressions, Words
Go is used before a number of adjectives to talk about changes. This is common in an informal style.
Go, for example, is used to talk about changes of color. This usage is common in British English.
Examples are: go brown, go green, go white, go black, go blue etc.
July 11th, 2011 in Words
Take can be used as the opposite of give. It means ‘gain possession of’, ‘receive’, ‘obtain’ and ‘remove’.
July 2nd, 2011 in Words
Too is an adverb. It can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
Too has a negative meaning. It means ‘more than is necessary or desirable’.
June 19th, 2011 in Words
Dead and deadly
Dead is an adverb used in expressions like dead right, dead certain, dead slow, dead straight, dead sure etc. It means ‘exactly’, ‘completely’ or ‘very’.