“To approve of” or “to approve”?
To approve of usually means to like something, to think something is good, and – perhaps – to recommend it. I approve of his shoes. I approve of this book. You ought to read...
Category: Parts of speech
“Exceedingly” or “Excessively”?
Exceedingly and excessively are both adverbs. They have related but different meanings: Exceedingly means “very”. For example: “She wrote an exceedingly good essay”. Excessively means something like “too”: “The children were excessively noisy”.
What is the plural of mother-in-law?
A mother-in-law is the mother of someone’s wife or husband. So a father-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law is the father, son or daughter of someone’s wife or husband. “Mother-in-law is an example of a “compound...
“Much better” or “far better”?
“Better” is the comparative form of the adjective “good” “Much better”, is used to describe something that is better than “better” One meaning of “far” is “very much”. “Far better” is used to say...