It, Its, It’s & IT
It, Its, It’s & IT
It is soporific to have a glass of milk before going to bed. It (milk) has sleep-inducing properties, and its...
Born, Borne
Born, Borne
What is the past tense and past participle of bear? Bear-bore-born/borne. Borne and born are used as the past participles of bear. However,...
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
A paragraph is a unit of thought. It lays out a thought and links it to the...
Learned, Learnt
Learned, Learnt
If learned and learnt are confusing, so is the case with leaned, leant; leaped, leapt…
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty...
Aisle, Isle
Aisle, Isle
One can see landmass, islands, isles and islets if he or she gets the window seat on the airplane but if you get...
Passed, Past, Passed Away, Passed Out
Passed, Past, Passed Away, Passed Out
Points of arrival and departures at the rail- and bus-stations and airports have entry and exit points to pass...
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books...
Aural, Aura, Oral
Aural, Aura, Oral
Many animals and human beings are blessed with aural and oral sense organs with which they hear/listen and talk/quack/blabber respectively. If these...
Pore, Pour, Poor, Porous
Pore, Pour, Poor, Porous
Countries that have friendly relations have porous borders.
India and Nepal have porous borders but this is not the case with India...
Your, Yours, (Your’s?)
Your, You’re, Yours, (not, Your's), Yourself, Yore
Your is a pronoun (possessive determiner), your means ‘it belongs to you’, belonging to the person or people...