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Adverb

An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, but never a noun. It usually answers the questions of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs often end in -ly.

difference between especially and specially

The words especially and specially have just a hair’s breadth of difference between them. Both can be used to mean “particularly.” Especially tends to be more formal, while specially tends to be more informal: … But our words have finer points to them that are worthy of being understood. 1 especially and specially Especially and specially can often both be used with the […]

actual(ly)

1- Meaning and Use Actual means ‘real’; actually means ‘really’ or ‘in fact’. They are used to make things clearer, more precise or more definite.  It’s over 100 kilos. Let me look. Yes, the actual weight is 108 kilos. I’ve got a new job. Actually, they’ve made me the sales manager. They often introduce surprising […]

prepositions (1): introduction

meanings and use It is difficult to learn to use prepositions correctly in a foreign language. Most English prepositions have several different functions (for instance, one well- known dictionary lists eighteen main uses of at), and these may correspond to several different prepositions in another language. At the same time, different prepositions can have very […]