This lesson discusses the differences between afterwards and later in details. As adverbs, there are clear differences between them which this article covers with practical examples. Meanings of Afterwards and Later As Adverbs :  As…

First, What Does Pediatric Mean? The word ‘Pediatric’ is an adjective which means ‘relating to the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases’. The word ‘Pediatric’ has another spelling which is ‘Paediatric’. So is…

First, the word 'Awe' means 'an extreme or great level of feeling or emotion mixed with fear, wonder or respect for something or someone'. So the phrase 'in awe of something or someone' means 'having an overwhelming amount of a respect or…

The word 'Posterity' means 'all future generations of people' or 'all the people who will exist in the future'. It simply means 'future generations' or even 'the future'. Posterity is a noun meaning 'future generations.' These people of…

You can use the word 'Myriad' as both Noun and Adjective. But you often employ it as noun in sentences. As a noun, the word myriad means 'a very large number or quantity of something'. Please read on to find more uses or applications of the…

In English language, both ‘As’ and ‘Like’ have a wide variety of uses depending on context. They have uses across almost all parts of speech such as preposition, conjunction, adverb, adjective etc. Below are the details on their usages,…

The modal verb ‘Should’ has a number of important applied uses in our daily communication. Below is such some uses of should, one of the most common modal verbs in English :What’s a Modal Verb? A modal verb is a type of…

Learning English is not an impossible thing if one has solid passion and hardworking mentality. To learn the language effectively one needs to have commands over all aspects of the language including phrases. Below are the uses of some…

There are of course differences between the pronouns ‘they and these’. The differences can be little but carry significance. Therefore one should know them in order to be correct when it comes to uses of grammar. Before knowing the…

The word ‘hold’ as a verb has multiple meanings and usages in our daily life leading. Once you will have a deep knowledge on all of them, then you will surely be able to make a huge number of expressions or communication. So no more wait…

Though the word 'By' is mainly used as a preposition, it sometimes has uses as adverb also. In today’s lesson, we discuss various practical uses of ‘by’ as a preposition : Use 1 : To ‘show place or location’ : First, we…

Learning in-depth the uses of the phrases How is…? and what’s…. like? is very important as with them, we can describe people or things in terms of their appearance, character or behavior. In practical English, these two phrases have huge…

Achieving success in all types of competitive exams including university admission or recruitment tests quite depends on the performance of English segment. Phrase is an important part of the subject English. Therefore one needs to have a…

There are twelve tenses in English, of which, one is Present Continuous Tense aka Present Progressive Tense. This tense has got diverse practical uses which are discussed in this lesson. Present Progressive can be employed in…

We put up today some MCQ type questions on English for our visitors, particularly those seeking job and university admission to help them prepare for their respective competitive exams. Which following word does not match or not…

To help our readers, particularly university admission & job seekers, prepare selves for their respective tests, we put up some practical questions on the subject of English. Hopefully these questions will hugely come handy for your…

The phrasal verb ‘Check Out (something)’ has four important meanings and uses which are discussed in our today’s lesson under our campaign ‘Mission English’. A. To Express ‘Pay For Something’ :The phrasal verb ‘check out something’ is…

The verb ‘Do’ has a huge number of practical uses and meanings in English. Once you know all of them, you will simply get surprised! Hopefully you cannot wait anymore to learn! First of all, we should know that the verb ‘do’ can…

Phrase plays in important role in  learning English properly & profoundly. Under our campaign 'Mission English', let us have knowledge on usages & meanings of some common phrases. A. Churn Out Something Meaning : to produce…

We regularly put up important lessons for readers as part of campaign 'Mission English'. Toady we have provided meanings & usages of the word 'Contingent' to help you learn English in effective ways. Meanings and Usages of…