Archive for the ‘Words’ Category

Enough as an adverb

April 3rd, 2011 in Words

Adjective/adverb + enough

Enough is an adverb. It normally comes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.

Before as a preposition and a conjunction

March 30th, 2011 in Words

As a conjunction before means ‘previously to the time when’. The conjunction before joins two clauses together. Note that before and its clause can come either before or after the other clause.

Between and Among

March 25th, 2011 in Words

Between is used to say that somebody or something is between two or more clearly separate people or things. We use among when somebody or something is in a group of people or things which we do not see separately.

Around and About

March 21st, 2011 in Words

In British English, around is used to talk about position or movement in a circle or a curve.

Awake and awaken

March 20th, 2011 in Words

In British English, the verbs awake and wake are irregular. In American English, these verbs can be regular.

Awake/awoke/awoken (US/GB)
Awake/awaked/awaked (US)
Wake/woke/woken (US/GB)
Wake/waked/waked (US)

The verb awaken is regular.

Ago and Before

February 28th, 2011 in Words

Ago is followed by an expression of time.

The train went out ten minutes ago.
I met her two weeks ago.

Tenses with ago

Worth and Worthwhile: uses

January 27th, 2011 in Words

Worth can be followed by a noun phrase which describes the value of something.