Questions Asked by Users
Here is a list of questions sent in by our readers.
  • Is there a difference between synonyms and antonyms?
  • What is an Abstract Noun?
  • ‘Alchemist’ - what does this word mean?
  • What is the difference between ‘currant’ and ‘current’?
  • What is the difference between ‘bazaar’ and ‘bizarre’?
  • What is difference between ‘tortuous’ and ‘torturous’?
  • ‘Flea market’ - what does this idiom mean?
  • What is the difference between ‘proceed’ and ‘precede’?
  • What is the difference between ‘site’ and ‘sight’?
  • Is there a difference between ‘multiply’ and ‘multi-ply’?
  • What is the difference between personal and personnel?
  • What is the difference between ‘therefore’, ‘hence’ and ‘thus’?
  • What is the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’?
  • What is the difference between a ‘glance’ and a ‘glimpse’?
  • What is the difference between ‘evoke’ and ‘invoke’?
  • What is the difference between ‘exercise’ and ‘exorcise’?
  • What is the difference between ‘who’, ‘which’ and ‘that’?
  • What is the difference between ‘as’ and ‘like’?
  • What is the difference between ‘see’, ‘look’ and ‘watch’?
  • Which one of the two is correct – ‘Math’ or ‘Maths’?
  • What is the difference between ‘historic’ and ‘historical’?
  • What is the difference between ‘censor’, ‘sensor’ and ‘censure’?
  • Difference between ‘beside’ and ‘besides’
  • What is the difference between ‘Broke’ and ‘Broken’?
  • What is the difference between ‘whether’ and ‘if’?
  • What is the difference between ‘other’ and ‘another’?
  • What is the difference between ‘wasn’t’ and ‘won’t’?
  • What is the difference between though and although?
  • What is the difference between ‘like’ and ‘such as’?
  • Can I get few examples of words ending in holic?
  • when should i use can not and cannot ?
  • Does hang on have more than one meaning, Please clarify.
  • What is the difference between Inquiry and Enquiry?
  • I have a lot of confusion while using since and for. Please help me.
  • Is there a difference between ‘semi’ and ‘bi’?
  • What is the difference between ‘do’ and ‘make’?
  • ........... it was hot yet she wore a coat. 1.When 2.Even 3.Although 4.Already. Which option is correct?
  • what is the difference between fidelity versus transparency?
  • What is the difference between ‘nought’ and ‘knot’?
  • I get confused between ‘people’ and ‘persons’. Can you tell me the difference between ‘people’ and ‘persons’?
  • What is the difference between home and house?
  • What is the difference between the two words "ought to and must"??
  • In English language what is the correct way of using Can, Could, Shall, Should,Will, Would, May, Might ?
  • what is the difference between must and should?
  • When should we use 'would'?
  • when should we use shall and will?
  • I usually always use the word ‘towards’ (with an ‘s’). But I read a book recently that had used the word without an ‘s’ throughout. Now I am confused which one of the two is correct. Please help.
  • What is the difference between ‘should’ and ‘would’ and which one should be used when?
  • What is the difference between a lot and a lot of?
  • What's a difference between absence and in absentia?
  • Currently i am doing job at grammar school. Is this correct sentence?
  • Is it ‘I have to lose weight’ or ‘I have to loose weight’?
  • What's the difference between 'begin' & 'start'?
  • Do we use words like wanna instead of want to, and gonna instead of got to, in Indian conversational English ?
  • How are the words ‘Assure’, ‘Ensure’ and ‘Insure’ different from each other?
  • ‘You must attend the interview session’ AND ‘You can attend the interview session’. Which of the two sentences is correct and why? How do we distinguish where to use ‘must and ‘can’?
  • What is the difference between practice and practise?
  • ‘I shall go for the interview’ or ‘I will go for the interview’ – what is the difference between the two sentences? Also, is one of them correct and the other one incorrect?
  • What is the difference between ‘sleep’ – ‘asleep’ and ‘live’ – ‘alive’?
  • Could you please explain the difference between ‘percent’ and ‘percentage’ giving an example of each?
  • What is the difference between their and there?
  • What is the difference between discrete and discreet?
  • What is the difference between the words ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’?
  • What is the difference in ‘then’ and ‘than’?
  • ‘The coffee is too hot for me’ OR ‘The coffee is enough hot for me’ – which of the sentences is correct and why?
  • ‘That’s my book’ AND ‘The book is mine’, which of the sentences is correct? How do we distinguish between ‘my’ and ‘mine’ and where to use them?
  • What is the difference between ‘him’ and ‘his’?
  • What is the difference between bass and base?
  • I get confused between Incidence and Incident. Can you tell me the difference between the two words and suggest a way to remember where to use them?
  • “A while” and “Awhile” confuses me. Can you tell me the difference between the two and which one to use where?
  • What is the difference between ‘bring’ and ‘take’?
  • What is the difference between ‘suppose’ and ‘supposed’?
  • What is the difference between ‘since’ and ‘for’ when we talk about time?
  • I always have a hard time deciding whether to use ‘backwards’ or ‘backward’. Please suggest which of the two words is correct and why?
  • What is the difference between the words ‘Accuse’ and ‘Allege’?
  • What is the difference between ‘among’ and ‘between’?
  • What is the difference between karat and carat?
  • What is the difference between ‘Assume’ and ‘Presume’?
  • What is the difference between ‘people’ and ‘persons’?
  • What is the difference between ‘persecute’ and ‘prosecute’?