Proverbs always reflect the life-style, culture, and manners of the people who create and use them. They offer timeless wisdom gleaned through the ages. Judicious use of proverbs can also add charm to speech and writing. The interesting thing about proverbs is that they are almost similar in all languages. Human life everywhere is basically […]
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Adjectival forms of words in English are usually formed by adding suitable suffixes to nouns and verbs. Independent adjectives are those which cannot be formed by adding suffixes. They stand out as separate entities and often come from the Greek and Latin roots that refer to the particular thing or field of study. Adjectival forms of
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Why is punctuality so important in our life? Here is a short speech on the value of punctuality. Suitable for children aged 5-10. Everyone here knows how nice it feels to switch off the alarm clock in the morning and go back to sleep. The only thing is that it makes you late to your
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Differences between American English and British English occur in all aspects of the language such as pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, idioms, and the formatting of dates and numbers. Many of these differences may cause a misunderstanding when an American is speaking to an English man, or vice versa. The most remarkable difference occurs in vocabulary. Many of
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Attempts to describe personality types, character traits, and temperaments have always amused people. Even though human personality has defied all attempts to categorize it into a few types, so many attempts have been made to do so. It was the Greeks who first attempted a description of human personality and character. They categorized human personality
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“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,” says the old Chinese proverb. It is often used by educators to condemn ‘spoon-feeding’ in education. In the modern times this proverb has been modified and adapted to suit several life situations.
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Collective nouns are words that denote a group of animals, birds, persons or things. Such words are often called group terms or nouns of assembly. English has a bewildering variety of strange-looking collective nouns. Familiarity with such collective nouns in English can surely make our speech and writing sound better and more elegant. List of Collective
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