Find out more about Prepositions

The usage of prepositions ,along with other words, are illustrated  as follows:

1. abhorrent  hateful,shocking,horrible, remote  in character. 

abhorrent  to  - Noise is abhorrent  to her feelings. 

2. abide - reside,  endure or be faithful  to

3. abide by - I hope you will abide by the rules and regulations.

abide at (a place)  - Do you abide at this place? 

abide  with (someone) - She abides with her sister. 

4. abounding  - containing  plenty. 

abounding  in: It is a  shop, abounding  with books. 

5.  access  - way to a place

      access to -  The staircase  is the only  access to the attic. 

6. abounding with -  English is a language  ,abounding with idiomatic  forms of expressions.

7. accede - agree, assent, to come forward. 

accede  to - He acceded, to the throne. 

8. accountable  - responsible  ,answerable 

9. accountable to - (person)   He is accountable  to me, for his actions. 

10. accrue  - add to, grow from, arise come

accrue  to - Many benefits  will accrue to him, if he works sincerely. 

  * More  usages of prepositions  to follow ...Keep  watching  my additions on this topic.

1. bare  - uncovered 

    bare of - That valley, is bare of trees. 

2. bent - natural skill, inclination, determined  to do. 

   bent on - He is bent on ,mastering the  subject. 

3. blended  - combined or mixed together 

    blended with - The rainbow  is blended  with several  colors. 

4. bred  - trained, educated, brought up

   bred in -  what  is bred in, will come out. 

   bred up -  He has not been  bred up as a          carpenter.

5. busy  - occupied 

busy at - They were busy  at, tidying  the room. 

busy in -  He is busy in washing, his clothes. 

busy with - He was busy with,  his work. 

busy over - She was busy over, her school  work. 

KNOW THESE INTERESTING FACTS

Some of the most interesting facts of English language

The word  "go" is the shortest  grammatically  correct  sentence  in English. 

The most common  words in English  language  are "I "and "You".

The most common  adjective  in English  used is good. 

The words month, orange, silver and purple  do not rhyme  with any other word. 

"Goodbye " originally came from the old English   phrase" God be with you."

Oxyphenbutazone  is the highest  scoring word in the game of scrabble. 

aegilops  is the  longest word with its letters in alphabetical  order. It is a type of a plant. 

Twyndyllyng is the longest  word without  any vowel. 

The words abstemious  has all the vowels in alphabetical  order. Other words are absentious, aerious, arsenious   and facetious. 

Fact of numbers - if you were to write  out every  number in order as words(one,two,three....) the letter  b will  not  be used until you reach  one billion. 

Triskaidekaphobia  is the fear  of the number 13. 

Paraskevidekatria   phobia is the fear of Friday  the 13th.It is also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. 

The year 2018 will have two fridays  falling on 13th.one  was 13th April. The next 13th July. 

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MASTER THESE WORDS

MASTER THESE WORDS

Let's not get confused with these words

sometimes we come across  certain words that often confuse us. Let's  find the difference  of these common  word. 

Malady - a disease or an illness.

melody - a pleasing  note or tunefulness

mansion  - a large dwelling - house

mention - refer to or remark about 

maize - Indian corn

maze - a network of paths

navel - the small hollow,in front of the abdomen 

naval -  of the navy

night - the time after sunset 

Knight - a military  follower, a person of noble  birth. 

oar -  wooden pole with a flat blade, to row a boat with an oar

ore  -a mineral from which, metal is extracted

odour  - smell

ardour  - warm emotion, passion

overseas  - across  the sea

oversee -  control  or look after

Pallor  - paleness of the face

Parlour  - a private room like a beauty parlour

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS RARE DISEASE- TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Trigeminal Neuralgia

I have never heard of this rare disease after a trending news of  a Bollywood  star  suffering from it was  published. 

I tried to find out what it is, let me share it with you  all. 

Trigeminal neuralgia  is a rare chronic pain, affecting the trigeminal  nerve in the face. It is described  as a sharp shooting pain or like having an electric  shock  in the jaw, teeth or gums. It generally  lasts  from a few seconds  to about two minutes. 

This  disease  is not very easy to diagnose .

In other  words  it is a compression  of a trigeminal  nerve. This nerve transmits sensations  of pain  from face, teeth  and mouth  to the brain. 

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY INTONATION

INTONATION 

When people talk,their voices go up and down and get louder and quieter.This natural variation is called intonation.If a person's voice stays the same,it will sound robotic and send the audience to sleep.Stressing important words or phrases helps to create a good rhythm,and will emphasise those points