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Do you always confuse between “its” and “it’s”? And you might have been using these words incorrectly. Confusion is created with the use of apostrophe. So brush up on the difference between “its” and “it’s”. Here the difference is explained with some examples, practice them and clear confusion.   Its Its is a possessive pronoun that is gender neutral. Its is like his or her. His is used for masculine possessor and Her is used for feminine possessor. Its is also use for neuter possessor. Examples: My grassland covers its greenery in rainy days. I love India for its incredible culture. I never experienced its beauty. Sparrow prepares its nest beautifully. My neighbor’s dog never stays in its own yard. Facebook needs to improve its quality to compete with other social websites. It’s It’s is contraction or short for “it is” or “it has”. Its cannot be used for anything else. Examples: It’s (it is) a hot sunny day. It’s...

We are living in a very fast world. Everyone wants to save each moment and optimize time, this optimization is reflected in our talking, texting etc. Sometimes we use slang words in our messaging language, these words may be any abbreviation and it is possible that you or your message receiver may not know full form of these abbreviations. So, here are some abbreviations you should know. A.M. – Anti Meridiem AUDI – Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt ATM – Automatic Teller Machine BMW – Bavarian Motor Works BYE – Be with You Everything CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart DIY – Do It Yourself e.g. – exempli gratia (for example) ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning i.e. – id est (That is to say) I.Q. – Intelligence Quotient ISI – Indian Standards Institute MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery NEWS – North East West South PDF – Portable Document Format PhD – Do...

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Word ‘herd’ is used for group of large animals, for examples domestic animals like cattle, pigs and wild animals like lions, deer etc. A ‘flock’ is a group of similar animals together, especially birds, sheep, goats. A ‘swarm’ is large group of insects etc., flying about together.  

Many Latin words and phrases are still used in English. Though, they are generally used in written English than in spoken English. Some of us use these words/phrases, but actually don’t know their significance and actual meaning like phrase ‘i.e.’ is used for ‘that is’ and i.e. stands for ‘id est’. So here I’m providing a list of some Latin words and phrases used in English and their meaning.   AD (Anno Domini):                 In the year of or Lord ad-hoc:                                      For that purpose ad-infinitum:                             Witho...