Grow= (1) develop or increase in size by natural process (of children, animals, plants etc.): ‘Mary’s little boy grew four centimeters last year.’ ‘Orchids don’t grow in cold climates.’ (2) cause to grow or develop plants, vegetables etc. by taking care of them: ‘We grow onions, potatoes and carrots in our backyard.’ (3) increase (in number, volume, cost etc.): ‘The population is expected to grow by 20% over the next five years.’
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Parts of Sentence.
Putting words into classes like this tells us a lot about how words are used, but it doesn’t tell us much about how sentences are constructed. To do that we need to look at sentences in a different way. We do this by looking for patterns in the way that sentences are constructed. For example, […]
Luxurious, Luxuriant – English editing.
Luxurious and luxuriant are often confused, especially in marketing and promotional material. Luxurious means ‘very comfortable, elegant, and involving great expense’, as in a luxurious hotel, whereas luxuriant means ‘lush’, referring to vegetation, as in acres of luxuriant gardens. To speak of luxuriant comfort or luxuriant four-poster beds, for instance, would be considered incorrect by […]