A Synonym is a word which has almost exactly the same meaning as another word. For example: student – pupil old – ancient Note: Compare this with antonyms‏‎ which are words of opposite meanings. In English, there are no perfect synonyms. Two words may be very similar and appear identical […]

This article details the spelling rules for turning singular nouns in plural nouns. Note, for a look at the general principles of singular and plural nouns, see Singular and Plural Nouns‏‎. Most nouns in English are regular. To make them plural we simply add -s to the end: singular – […]

To form a regular adverb we simply add –ly to the corresponding adjective‏‎. slow > slowly woman > womanly autonomous > autonomously However in some cases adding –ly is not a straightforward matter and a few changes are required. Spelling Rules -ic With adjectives ending in -ic you need to […]

Spelling is the order in which letters are put to make up words. Many languages have phonetic spelling, in other words, each letter represents a certain sound, however in English this is not the case. An English letter can have many different sounds. For example, the letter c can be […]