Unlike but, however is an adverb (NOT a conjunction) and is used only in formal styles: ‘I was hoping to deal with this matter quickly. However, the situation is more complicated than I thought.’ ‘The newspapers always carried stories of new advances and glorious victories. In reality, however, the war was not going well.’
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Anyhow/Anyway
“Anyhow†and “anyway†are used to connect sentences only in informal styles (Not in essays, written reports, etc). Their main uses are: (1) to show that you are about to return to the main topic or story line: ‘Anyway, as soon as the plane landed he was rushed off to hospital and that was the […]
Intransitive verb – English editing.
A verb that does not have to be followed by an Object. For example: Groan: The man on the terrace was groaning. Laugh: We both laughed. Some verbs can be either Transitive or intransitive. For example, write: Why hadn’t Ken told him he was writing? She was writing an essay. For Scientific english editing and […]
(-Like) – English editing.
When writing words ending in -like which are well established, such as childlike, businesslike, dreamlike, and ladylike, it is correct not to use a hyphen, even though you may come across such words written with one. In contrast, where the combination is a one-off or not fully established, you should insert a hyphen: flu-like, Zen-like, […]