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…
English Common Errors: anxious – English editing.
Anxious = worried because you fear that something bad may happen or may have happened: ‘Their daughter hadn’t come home from school and they were anxious about her safety.’ ‘I…
English common errors: Announcement – English editing.
When you want to give people some important information, you make announcement: ‘Following the announcement of their marriage, they were pursued by crowds of journalists.’ An advertisement is an item…
English Common errors: Aid – English editing.
Aid is mainly used as a noun: ‘Many countries survive on foreign aid from richer neighbors.’ ‘It is government policy to provide aid to the homeless or the unemployed.’ As…
English Common Errors: After – English editing.
After is used instead of afterwards only informal styles, usually in phrases such as ‘soon after’, ‘not long after’ or ‘just after’. Careful users generally prefer afterwards, especially at the…
English Common Errors : afraid – English editing.
Be afraid to do sth = be unwilling to do something because you are frightened about what may happen: ‘She was afraid to eat it in case was poisonous’. Don’t…
Open vs. close –class words – English editing.
Open class words, commonly referred as content words, are those belonging to the major part of speech like noun, verbs, adjective and adverbs. These words include brother, run, tall, quickly…