Kudos – English editing.
Kudos comes from Greek and means ‘praise’. Despite appearances, it is not a plural word. This means that there is…
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Koala – English editing.
Koala, the bear-like Australian marsupials, are widely called koala bears in everyday language. Zoologists, however, regard this form as incorrect…
Kind – English editing.
The use of kind sometimes causes difficulty, as in as in these kind of questions are not relevant where the…
Kilometre (US kilometer) – English editing.
There are two possible pronunciations for kilometer: /kil-uh-mee-tuh/ and /ki-lom-i-tuh/. The first is traditionally considered correct, with a stress pattern…
Kaffir – English editing.
The word kaffir is first recorded in the 16th century (as Caffre) and was originally simply an innocuous descriptive term…
Include – English editing.
Include has a broader meaning than comprise. In the sentence the accommodation comprises 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, and living room,…
Would – English editing.
A modal auxiliary verb used to refer to a range of possibilities in the future. For example: If Catherine wanted…
Word class – English editing.
A group of words that have the same grammatical function. (In traditional grammar, called a part of speech). Nouns, adjectives,…