Found 43 Articles for Language & Grammar

What is Weblate? Weblate is an app which can be used to translate text from one language to another. The app comes with the feature of version control integration. The user interface of the app is simple to use. You have to create an account and then log in to perform translations. You also need to have a Fedora account in order to use the app. The languages that it supports are − English Italian French German Spanish Polish Dutch Russian Turkish Bulgarian Why Weblate Alternatives? Supports very few languages A Fedora account is mandatory to use ... Read More

What is Duolingo? Duolingo is an app which you can use to learn new languages. It is one of the most popular apps to learn different languages. The main aim of the company is to develop such a platform that education can be available globally. It is very easy to learn different languages through the app. The lessons are short and to unlock different levels, you will have to get points. Duolingo English test is also available. The test is affordable and the result is accepted by a lot of institutes all over the world. Price Plans of Duolingo Duolingo ... Read More

Recruiters don’t simply want to know what you think about yourself; they want to see results. For instance when you called yourself “hard-working, ” prove it by backing up that claim with some data.If you want to capture recruiter’s attention, you’ll need a well-written and well-organized resume that clearly illustrates your qualifications. Optimize your resume with precise words that will properly showcase your strengths, experience, and skills so that recruiters will see your true value.Include the words and phrases that explain specifically what you accomplished at your previous jobs. Not only focusing on your previous duties to capture your relevant ... Read More

Mail has become one of the mainstream communication among the people. As it is faster than any medium of communication, it has become mandatory medium of communication, but still there are many people who will draft informal mail for a formal purpose, and later will get no reply for the same.Especially for official purpose, mail has become the essential medium of communication. And I often receive emails from Students, Research scholars, Fresh graduates, etc.Most of the mails are with big blunders and mistakes. Most of them are.This article will guide the readers who are not aware about the ethics of ... Read More

Modernization has resulted in a profound change in human civilizations. Earlier, people use to write letters to communicate, and the hard copies of those letters were delivered to the desired recipient in person.However, in the Digital Age, people use varied type of communication methods to get connected to the person with whom they want to communicate.Even if the email is an offshoot of letter writing, many people are yet to master the art of emailing.The difference between writing emails and letters is similar to that of driving a car with automatic gears, and manual gears. One need not learn how ... Read More

There is a process involved in learning a language. And if it is a foreign language, then the learning process brings its own idiosyncrasies and difficult territories to tread with it. Wish we had some kind of language equipment that could help us learn a language. This would hide a great deal of gear-churning and behind-the-scenes fussing. The other down-side is that we cannot learn a language in the fourth gear. Technology has intruded our lives while offering untold comforts to us. It has still not invented a language learn equipment. Till it invents something for us we got to ... Read More

English is the most common language that we ever come across in our daily lives; be it in media, entertainment, education, profession, travel, and other aspects. It means with good knowledge of English; we can lead our lives better and achieve much more than we do without it.Many of us who fear English would have included learning English in our new year resolutions many times. But, we often neglect to learn English as time passes due to plenty of reasons −Lack of timeFear of being laughed at for speaking wrong EnglishUnaware of the importance of EnglishWell, as career guidance experts ... Read More

Punctuation marks date back to at least the 5th century BC when there were hardly any insights to writing and there were only capital letters. While the basic rules of communication are not difficult to understand, still a confusion always bothers us during our interaction using British English or American English.Uses of Punctuation MarksThey help us in depicting our emotions in a better manner.Quotation marks to emphasize words and phrases.Quotation marks are used for purposes of dialogue, quotes, and titles.Comma, semicolon are also used to denote minor pauses while sleeping.Ellipses indicate the omission of words within something that is being quoted.Punctuation ... Read More

Personification is the attributing of human characteristics, thoughts, or emotions to something that is non-human. It is a rhetoric device that is used to convey something more than a literary meaning of a sentence.Example: The heavens wept at the incident.Now, in this sentence, heavens cannot weep but the idea of emotions and weeping is produced through “wept”. Heaven is non-living and it is weeping just like humans do. Hence, the sentence features personification.Example: The thunder clapped angrily from a distance.Definitely, the thunder cannot clap. It is a non-living thing but the writer wants to convey the intensity of clapping by ... Read More

Ideally speaking, there is no major difference between the words "hastily " and "quickly". Both come from the verbs' Haste' and 'Quick' and are used here as adverbs to qualify the verbs.Hastily: It refers to a work done hurriedly.Quickly: It can refer to both, work is done hurriedly or something indicative of speed.Thus, when one needs to denote the meaning of being in a hurry, with no time even to sit, relax and breathe, one uses 'Hastily'. But when one uses the word in a sense to indicate speedily, say 'Wait, I will quickly prepare Maggi for you.' Here, 'hastily' ... Read More