English for today – ‘due to’ and ‘owing to’
These lexical items are frequently misused. The former means caused by and should always be associated with noun equivalents, e.g., ... Read More
English for today – ‘less’ and ‘fewer’
Less is used in reference to number. It is a common fault to use ‘less’ where fewer would be correct: ... Read More
English for today – Misplacement of ‘only’
The correct grammatical position is next to, preferably before the word it qualifies: ONLY he borrowed #10(i.e he, and no ... Read More
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISHES
These two leading varieties of English differ in four ways, namely: Grammar, Vocabulary, spelling and pronounciation. Each of these will ... Read More