Overworked words – went
June 4th, 2011 in Words
Go and went are not the only words used to refer to movements. There are plenty of others too with slightly different shades of meaning.
June 4th, 2011 in Words
Go and went are not the only words used to refer to movements. There are plenty of others too with slightly different shades of meaning.
June 3rd, 2011 in Words
Travel
Travel means ‘traveling in general’.
I am interested in travel. (= I am interested in traveling in general.)
May 29th, 2011 in Words
Wear means ‘have on the body’.
He was wearing a hat.
Wear can also refer to a person’s facial expression.
She was wearing a troubled look.
May 25th, 2011 in Words
Remind can be followed by an object + infinitive.
Please remind me to take my coat. (NOT Please remind me of taking my coat.)
She reminded me to go to the bank.
May 22nd, 2011 in Words
Doubt and suspect
To doubt is to think that something is unlikely.
I doubt if he will come.
I doubt whether you can finish the work in time.
May 21st, 2011 in Words
Imperial and impervious
Imperial = pertaining to an emperor or empire
Impervious = haughty, overbearing
Nobody likes him because of his impervious nature.
The imperial glory of England has gone for ever.
April 9th, 2011 in Words
In American English the verbs burn, dream, lean, learn, smell, spell, spill and spoil are all regular.