"Advice" vs "Advise": Noun and Verb Difference
Advice vs advise — the noun-verb pair with different pronunciation. Learn the rule and the spelling pattern.
Confusing Words, Grammar Foundations
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"Affect" vs "Effect": The Verb-Noun Rule Made Easy
Affect vs effect — the verb-noun rule, the rare exceptions, and a simple trick to get it right every time.
Confusing Words, Grammar Foundations
"Between" vs "Among": The Easy Group Rule
Between vs among — the simple two-vs-many rule, the exceptions with "between" for more than two, and common errors.
Prepositions, Grammar Foundations
"Both" vs "Either" vs "Neither": Two-Option Grammar Explained
Both, either, and neither explained with two-option meaning, paired structures, agreement rules, common mistakes, and practice questions.
English Grammar, Writing Skills
"Can" vs "May": Permission and Ability Difference
Can vs may explained with ability, permission, possibility, formal usage, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
Collective Nouns: When "Team Is" and "Team Are" Both Work
Learn collective noun agreement with team, family, committee, government, and class, including BrE vs AmE usage, exam traps, common mistakes, and practice.
English Grammar, Nouns and Pronouns
How to Choose the Correct Tense in Error Spotting
Learn how to choose the correct tense in error spotting using time markers, sequence clues, aspect meaning, examples, and quick practice.
Tenses, Advanced Grammar
"Each" vs "Every": The Singular Rule Students Miss
Each vs every explained with singular agreement, individual vs group meaning, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
"Either" vs "Neither": Positive and Negative Choice Rule
Either vs neither explained with positive and negative choice rules, either-or and neither-nor patterns, agreement, common mistakes, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
Common Error Spotting Tricks for Articles
Learn common error spotting tricks for articles with clear rules, exam-style examples, common mistakes, and quick practice for a, an, the, and zero article.
Articles and Determiners, Exam Grammar
Common Error Spotting Tricks for Prepositions
Learn common error spotting tricks for prepositions with clear patterns, exam-style examples, common mistakes, and quick practice for sentence correction.
Exam Strategy, Error Spotting
Common Error Spotting Tricks for Pronouns
Learn common error spotting tricks for pronouns: case, agreement, clear reference, reflexive pronouns, examples, common mistakes, and practice.
Nouns and Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement
Common Error Spotting Tricks for Tenses
Learn common error spotting tricks for tenses with time markers, sequence of actions, stative verbs, since/for patterns, examples, and practice.
Tenses, Advanced Grammar
"Fewer" vs "Less": The Grammar Rule for Quantity Questions
Fewer vs less explained clearly — countable vs uncountable, the supermarket sign debate, and when the rule bends.
Determiners and Quantifiers, Grammar Foundations
"Good" vs "Well": Adjective or Adverb?
Good is an adjective; well is usually an adverb. Learn the rule, the health exception, and why "I feel good" vs "I feel well" both work.
Adjectives and Adverbs, Grammar Foundations
"Its" vs "It's": The Apostrophe Rule Students Keep Missing
Its vs it's — the possessive-without-apostrophe rule, why it's confusing, and how to never mix them up again.
Apostrophes, Confusing Words
"Lie" vs "Lay": The Most Confusing Verb Pair Explained
Lie vs lay — the intransitive/transitive rule, all four forms (lie/lay/lain vs lay/laid/laid), and how to never confuse them.
Verb Grammar, Confusing Words
"May" vs "Might": Possibility Rule Made Simple
May vs might explained with possibility, permission, hypothetical meaning, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
Why "Scissors Are" Correct: Plural Nouns with Two Parts
Learn why scissors are, trousers are, and a pair of glasses is are correct, with rules for plural nouns with two parts, common errors, exam traps, and practice.
English Grammar, Nouns and Pronouns
"Practice" vs "Practise": British English Rule for Exams
Practice vs practise — the British noun-verb distinction, why American English uses only one form, and what Indian exams expect.
Confusing Words, British vs American English
Redundancy in English: Words You Should Not Repeat
Learn redundancy in English grammar and writing: why phrases like return back, repeat again, final conclusion, and past history are weak or wrong.
English Grammar, Writing Skills
"Rise" vs "Raise": The Action Rule with Examples
Rise vs raise explained with the object rule, verb forms, common mistakes, exam traps, and quick practice.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
"Should" vs "Must": Advice, Duty, and Strong Necessity
Should vs must explained with advice, obligation, confident deduction, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
Why "News Is" Correct: Singular Nouns That Look Plural
Learn why news is, mathematics is, and measles is are correct, with rules for singular nouns that end in -s, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice.
English Grammar, Nouns and Pronouns
Subject-Verb Agreement with "As Well As": Why the First Subject Matters
Learn subject-verb agreement with as well as, including why the verb agrees with the first subject, common exam traps, examples, and practice.
English Grammar, Subject Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement with "One of": The Most Common Exam Trap
Learn how subject-verb agreement works with one of, including one of my friends, one of the students, one of those people who, common mistakes, and practice.
English Grammar, Subject Verb Agreement
"Then" vs "Than": Time or Comparison?
Then vs than — one letter apart, completely different meanings. Learn the time-vs-comparison rule with examples.
Confusing Words, Grammar Foundations
"There" vs "Their" vs "They're": Meaning and Memory Trick
There vs their vs they're — three homophones, three meanings, and a simple trick to never confuse them again.
Confusing Words, Homophones
"Used To" vs "Be Used To": Same Words, Different Grammar
Used to vs be used to explained with past habits, familiarity, gerunds, common mistakes, exam traps, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
"Will" vs "Would": Future, Habit, and Polite Meaning
Will vs would explained with future meaning, past habit, polite requests, hypothetical results, reported speech, common mistakes, and practice questions.
Confusing Words, Exam Grammar
"Your" vs "You're": The Fastest Way to Avoid This Error
Your vs you're — the possessive vs contraction rule, the substitution test, and why this error is so common.
Confusing Words, Apostrophes