difference between admit and concede and confess

Greetings from the US! Good Question!

To admit something is usually used when you've done something wrong! This is also true for confess. The two are generally interchangeable.

To concede is typically used in an arguments (not necessarily fights! ) To concede is to allow the other person a point. This is also known as making a consession. To describe it better, it is agreeing that something is common knowledge, a point that you are not arguing. For example:

Jack: "Tests shouldn't be given because they make students nervous!"

Jill: "I concede that tests make students nervous, but results show that students who are regularly tested do better."

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difference between Mrs and Ms and Miss

Women are getting more independent in these modern days so "Miss" means the woman is single, and "Ms." could be a single woman or a married woman. If you were to send a letter to someone and you weren't sure if the woman was married or not you would put "Ms. Smith." Also, some women today are also keeping their surnames after marriage (go by their surname and not their husbands last name) while others will link their surname with that of their new husbands. Eg: Her name is Smith and his is Johnson, so she'd go by "Mary Smith-Johnson." Some women will do this especially if they are in business.

some idea about especially and in particular

question
I know that "in particular" has the same meaning as "especially." Can you please explain the correct usage of each and the use of commas?

For example:
I like sweets; in particular, ice cream and chocolate.
I like sweets. In particular, ice cream and chocolate.

I like sweets, especially, ice cream and chocolate.

What's the difference between especially and in particular? Adverb vs. prepositon?

difference between Especially and Specially

Especially or Specially?

This is a favorite question of grammar checkers. Most of the time there is little or no difference between the words especially and specially.

Special is a common adjective. Specially is its adverb form. Special means "particular, distinguished in a distinct way, or designed for a particular purpose." Speciallymeans "particularly, in a disintguishing manner, or for a particular purpose."

Especial is an uncommon adjective. Especially, its adverb form, is much more common. Especial means "exceptional, noteworthy, or particular." Especially means "exceptionally, in a noteworthy manner, or particularly."

difference between silly and fool and stupid

fool

 noun (мунхаг)

1 a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgment

• Don't be such a fool!
• I felt like a fool when I realized my mistake.

silly

 (маанаг)

• noun

[singular] (informal) often used when speaking to children to say that they are not behaving in a sensible way

difference between calculate and compute

Compute usually means to perform the operation of thinking or processing in general.

Calculate usually means to perform the operation of adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers.

some of the main diffference between British and American english

Here are some of the main differences in vocabulary between British and American English. This page is intended as a guide only. Bear in mind that there can be differences in the choice of specific terms depending on dialect and region within both the USA and the UK.

British English	American English
anti-clockwise	counter-clockwise
articulated lorry	trailer truck
autumn	autumn, fall
barrister	attorney
bill (restaurant)	bill, check

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition 2009

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difference between choose and select

• In common usage, both 'choose' and 'select' are often interchanged. Yet in some contexts, this isn't possible. For example, when 'choose' has the sense of 'decide': In the end they chose not to go to the beach.
  
  Some say that one implies more thought than the other -- there seems to be a bit of disagreement on this. Also, 'choose' is more commonly used than 'select', which, in some contexts, might be slightly formal.

Difference between almost and nearly

Almost and nearly have similar meanings. They are both used to express ideas connected with progress, measurement or counting.

He slipped and almost fell to the ground. OR He slipped and nearly fell to the ground.
Dinner is almost / nearly ready. (= Dinner will soon be ready.)

Sometimes almost shows more ‘nearness’ than nearly.

Compare:

It is nearly 12 o’clock. (= perhaps 11.45)
It is almost 12 o’clock. (= perhaps 11.55)

difference between surprise and wonder

Good question! For me, awe is reserved for the biggest feelings one can have, usually related to nature or the magnitude of the universe. Looking at pictures from the Hubble telescope, for example, can inspire awe. Surprise happens much more frequently, and is characterized by the unexpected. The best way I can describe surprise is to say that it tickles my brain.  And, to me, wonder suggests curiosity. A strong desire to learn more about something.

difference between carry on, continue, and go on

• Both expressions mean the exact same thing in that you would be asking someone to continue speaking, whether they were interrupted by someone else ( for example, someone poking their head in to give a message or ask a question during a business meeting) or the speaker stopped (for example out of concern that there was no longer time to finish). In either case you could use informal expressions such as "go on" or "carry on" or a more formal, polite term such as "please continue". In a formal setting such as a business meeting it would be much more appropriate to say "please, continue" rather than "go on" or "carry on" which you would use informally with friends and family.  

difference between marriage and wedding

			wedding / wed A wedding is a marriage ceremony which is held in church or a registry office and also includes the party or special meal which follows the ceremony. All of this usually happens on your wedding day. There are a number of other wedding compounds that are associated with wedding day: The newlyweds had told everybody that they wanted no wedding presents as they were emigrating to Australia. The predominant colour at Sophie's wedding was creamy white. Her wedding dress was this colour and the icing on the three-tier wedding cake was this colour too. Is it true that in Britain you wear your wedding ring on the third finger of your left hand? A silver wedding is celebrated after 25 years of marriage and a golden wedding after 50 years.

			If you wed someone, you marry them, but wed is not used very much nowadays as a verb as it is rather old-fashioned. It can sound quite effective however, because it is unusual. Sometimes it has a poetic ring to it: We got wed soon after the baby was born. I shall never wed as I like to be independent.

difference between arm and hand

'Hand' is the part of your body that has 4 fingers and a thumb. 

Negative questions

Negative questions

Negative questions are of two kinds: contracted and uncontracted. They have different word order.

Contracted negative question

Word order: auxiliary verb + n’t + subject

• Why don’t you listen to me?
• Don’t you understand?
• Hasn’t she any friends to help her?
• Aren’t they ready?

difference between let, allow, and permit

These words have similar meanings. Permit is more formal than allow.

• Smoking is not allowed / permitted.

Both allow and permit can be followed by object + infinitive.

• We do not allow / permit our kids to stay up late.
• We do not allow / permit people to smoke in the house.
• Please allow / permit me to go.

difference between let and allow

There is a difference in the infinitive form following let and allow and permit:

You allow them to leave early.

You permit them to leave early.

But

You let them leave early.

difference between actually and in fact

Notice that in Brian's examples you can interchange In fact and actually without changing much. So is their a difference? I am thinking that 'in fact" would be a slightly more assertive version of the two.

'In Fact" states "do not try to suggest otherwise because this is based in reality. To disagree would only make you wrong. Whatever you say, to be correct, you must start with this- as truth."

Actually is a more polite version of "this is true". It implies "I know you have likely thought differently, but this is what i know to be true- and I want you to know."

difference between over and above

you would use both above and over,When you want to point some object which is up

'Above' and 'below' are usually used when the objects are non touching
here is an example

eg: fan is rotating above our head or we are sitting below the fan

if the objects are touching then we will use 'over'

eg: an apple is over the box or the box is under an apple
eg: we are walking over the bridge

difference between mistake, fault and error

mistake - алдаа
an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want

• It's easy to make a mistake.
• Don't worry, we all make mistakes.

fault - буруу, зөрчил
 the responsibility for something wrong that has happened or been done

• Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault?
• It's nobody's fault.

error - догодол, эндүүрэл
a mistake, especially one that causes problems or affects the result of something

• No payments were made last week because of a computer error.

You are right because all the verbs indicate that something is wrong or has gone wrong.

Fault is often associated with the idea of blame. You have done something wrong and you are responsible for this/you are to blame for this and it is your fault.

Mistake is usually used in connection with apology. If you make a mistake because you've made the wrong decision, you accept that you have done something wrong and you apologise for it.

difference between beside and next to

"Beside" means "by the side of" and can be used instead of "next to". So "she sat [beside/next to] her husband" are both correct.

But when talking of where someone's house is located, I'd rather say "it is next to the shop" than "beside the shop". "Beside" sounds odd to me when used for very large or immovable objects. Anyone else who feels the same way?

difference between in the back and at the back

There is a little garden in the back of the house.
This means that there is a garden actually INSIDE the house.
You may hear this sentence, but the speaker is actually meaning:
There is a little garden in the backyard of the house.

The sentence should be:
There is a little garden at the back of the house.
A house has a front, sides, and back. The little garden is located at the rear of the house, (adjacent to the back of the house.)
'at' is used to give the general location of something. 'in' and 'on' are specific locations.

injure/wound/hurt/harm/damage as verbs/adjectives/nouns

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	injure/wound/hurt/harm/damage as verbs/adjectives/nouns

				Agustin from Spain writes: I would be very grateful if you could explain the difference between injure, wound, hurt, harm, damage and their associated adjectives: injured, wounded, hurt, harmed and damaged. Their meanings are so close that I have difficulty differentiating them.

	Roger Woodham replies:

difference between hear and listen

Hello, Tien. Thank you for your question about what is the difference between hear and listen.

We use hear for sounds that come to our ears, without us necessarily trying to hear them! For example, 'They heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.'

Listen is used to describe paying attention to sounds that are going on. For example, 'Last night, I listened to my new Mariah Carey CD.'

So, you can hear something without wanting to, but you can only listen to something intentionally. An imaginary conversation between a couple might go:
'Did you hear what I just said?'
'No, sorry, darling, I wasn't listening.'

seek, search and look for

seek verb FORMAL 
1 to try to find or get something, especially something which is not a physical object:"Are you actively seeking jobs?" she asked.
Hundreds of dissidents are seeking refuge/asylum in the US embassy.
2 to ask for advice, help, approval, permission, etc:
Legal advice should be sought before you take any further action.



search 1 to look somewhere carefully in order to find something:
The police searched the woods for the missing boy.
She searched his face for some sign of forgiveness, but it remained expressionless.He searched (in/through) his pockets for some change.
I've searched high and low (= everywhere), but I can't find my birth certificate.
The detectives searched the house from top to bottom (= all over it), but they found no sign of the stolen goods.FIGURATIVE She searched her mind/memory for the man's name, but she couldn't remember it.
FIGURATIVE People who are searching after inner peace sometimes turn to religion.

2 to try to find the answer to a problem:
Philosophers have searched for millennia but they haven't found the meaning of life.
3 A police officer who searches you or your possessions looks for something you might be hiding:
The men were searched for drugs and then released.


look for sth/sb
to try to find something or someone, either because you have lost them or because you need them 
Have you seen my gloves? I've been looking for them all week.
I was looking for Andy. Do you know where he is?
How long have you been looking for a job?


 In seek there is the idea of something not material, intangible

 In search the idea is that you examine a place carefully in order to find sth. 

 In look for the main idea is that you have lost something.


I hope this helps, bye!!

meaning of 'at all'

Question: A student in China asked, “Can at all be used in a positive context?”

Answer

The expression at all is used to intensify a statement or question—that is, to make it stronger. 

It is common in negative statements and questions, where it means “in any way” or “even slightly.” It is also used occasionally in positive statements, where it means something like “absolutely.”

Below are some example sentences with at all.

How to use the words all and the whole correctly

How to use the words all and the whole correctly.

All
We use all (of) to express the total number or amount of something.	all (of) my friends, all (of) the time All (of) my friends visited me in the hospital.
We usually use all (of) with uncountable nouns.	all (of) the money, all (of) the oil She has spent all (of) the money on cosmetics.
We usually use all of with personal pronouns it, them, etc.	all of them, all of it Have you invited all of them?
All is usually placed after the personal pronounwe, they, them, us.	we all, they all We all enjoyed the concert.

get and become

'Get' and 'become'

				Olga from Latvia asks: Please tell me when we must use become and when we must use get. Margarete Stepaneke from Austria asks: I would very much like to know when to usebecome. My feeling is that verbs like get, turn,go and grow are often preferred to become. Is there a rule for when to use become?

	Roger replies:	more questions

			Get, as we shall see, has many different meanings whereasbecome basically indicates development of some kind. Get is more informal and is frequently used in speech; becomeis more formal and is more often used in writing. Get/become + adjective When used with adjectives, get indicates growth or development and can therefore be used as the preferred alternative to become in an informal register. Compare the following sentences: Informal Formal I got interested in photography when I was ten. I became interested in art in later life. As he got older, his garden got really messy. As he became older, he could no longer maintain his garden It got colder and colder the further north we went. It became increasingly cold as we travelled north. I'm getting quite hungry now, aren't you? He became quite angry when he discovered there was no food

			Become + noun We cannot, however, use get with a noun, even though the meaning is 'grow' or 'develop into'. We have to use become in this sense: 'She was only seventeen when she became a beauty queen.' 'Texas became the twenty-eighth state of the USA in 1845.