Indianisms are certain grammatical errors in English language that are very common in India. We will be covering some of these in the following issues of Tip of the Month.
One of the most common one …

Indianisms are certain grammatical errors in English language that are very common in India. We will be covering some of these in the following issues of Tip of the Month.
One of the most common …

A friendly clerk asked me for my name which is apt to start a conversation with, “What is your good name?” As if I hold that sort of information close to my heart. These …

Everyday and Every day are commonly confused in English. There’s no difference in pronunciation, but using the wrong one when writing is a mistake in the everyday English you use every day.
Everyday
Everyday is an adjective …

Lay vs Lie
The English verbs lay and lie are commonly confused by even native English speakers. I’m not lying when I say that you can now lay your fears of not knowing the difference …

What’s the difference between Ours and Our’s?
Ours
Ours is the first person plural possessive pronoun – it replaces “our” + noun.

Is this yours or ours?
He found a book – is it ours?
He can’t find his keys, …

Its”, is the possessive adjective and possessive pronoun form of the personal pronoun “it”. “Its” means “belonging to it.” For example, The cat licked its paw.
On the other hand, “it’s” is a contraction of “it …

Yes. Smiley is an arrangement of keyboard characters used to make facial expressions and gestures that are intended to convey emotion online (in e-mails, forums and chat rooms). In other words, it is a …

Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural and the word “Fish” is such an example. As such, fish is the usual plural word for fish whereby the plural form is …

In the case of beside and besides, that single letter –S is the difference between a preposition and an adverb, respectively.
Beside is a preposition that refers to the position “next to” or that signals …

Bring and Take are very easily confused as their meanings are similar. To prevent confusing these two words, remember that Bring means to carry something towards yourself, while Take means to carry something away from …

What’s the difference between their, there, and they’re? They’re really not that complicated; once you understand their differences there shouldn’t be any more confusion.

Their

Their is the third person plural possessive adjective, used …