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This post discusses The English Adverbial Group: Types, Functions and Examples. An adverbial group performs the same function as an adverb in a sentence. It usually expresses the contingent details about the verbal group such as time, place, manner, etc. The headword in an adverbial group is an adverb and it has other elements that … Read more
When you see the word ‘nominal’, it is a simple reference to the word ‘noun’! It is such a very important group in the English language. So the post, Nominal Group in English: Definition, Functions and Examples provides answers to all the questions you might have as far as this group is concerned. If you … Read more
The Simple Sentence has a structural pattern and constituents elements that make it up. See The English Clause. Apart from these syntactic elements in a simple sentence, there are also groups or phrases that operate within the simple sentence. But it is pertinent to understand what a group or phrase is in English. This is … Read more
Have you tried to compare two things before and you find yourself at a loss for what to say? Then this post, Similes: Common Comparisons in English, will certainly be of help of help to you. A simile is one of the numerous figures of speech in English. Let us define what a figure of … Read more
Introduction One of the Categories in Akademia is the Common Errors Category. There, there are several posts dedicated to explaining words in English that users find confusing. This particular post, Affect vs Effect: Meaning, Usage and Examples, falls under the category of commonly confused words. Most of the words in English have similar sounds, spellings … Read more
Introduction Under our Common Errors Category in Akademia, we have several posts dedicated to explaining words in English that users confuse with one another. This particular post, Correct Usage: Access, Assess, Accent, Ascent and Assent, falls under that category. Most of the words in English have similar sounds, spellings but different meanings, see Homonyms. Homophones … Read more
It is so heart-warming to know that lots of people around the world reading Akademia are getting informed and educated by the day. Keep reading, keep learning and keep sending your feedback! This post is titled: Commonly Confused Words Series: Academia vs Academic. Why this title? Now, there are thousands of words in the English … Read more
You may be wondering if we are in a music or phonology class where we can see voice as the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. No, we are not! We are actually in English Grammar class. Voice is one of the systems in English … Read more
Hello there, friend! You are just right on time! How did you come about this article? You must have been following my posts on Akademia. Good! What do I have on the plate for you today? It is something refreshingly enlightening and informatively educative! I call it, Tense in English Grammar: Definition, Types and Examples. … Read more
Welcome to Akademia, where you learn all you need to know when it comes to the English Language! Do you know Winnie the Pooh? It is one of the whimsical plays popular in the 1920s created by the British writer A. A. Milne and a delight of children. Pooh, the bear character, said something whimsical: … Read more