This blog will introduce a combination of hard-to-understand phrases to you, which will sophisticate your sentence structure in a good way as much as to discombobulate your audience. As you can see further on, these construction is mostly associated with negative sentences. These all practically mean the same thing; out of two cases stated in the sentence, one has more impact. Understanding which is tricky. Can you guess the meaning of quoted portion in the sentences given below? " I started my second course of online learning. However, that is NOT SO STRESSFUL AS MUCH AS EXCITING." "My friend is NOT SO HELPFUL AS MUCH AS ANNOYING." Let us cut to the chase! The first sentence means, it’s stressful, but the feeling of excitement is stronger than the feeling of stress. The second sentence means, My friend is more annoying than being helpful. These kinds of phrases/ constructions with nouns, adjectives, and verbs.  First let us look into 3 formats/ word orders for this

Are you tired of feeling lost in the world of grammar? Do you struggle to understand the difference between a verb and a verb phrase? Look no further! This comprehensive glossary of grammar terms is here to help you navigate the complex world of English grammar with confidence. Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase. Action verb: A verb that shows action. Active voice: The subject performs the action. Adjective: A word that modifies or describes a noun. Adverb: A word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. Agreement: Matching of subject and verb or pronoun. Antecedent: The word or phrase a pronoun refers to. Apostrophe: A punctuation mark that shows possession or omission. Appositive: A word that renames or explains a noun. Article: A word that modifies a noun and shows specificity. Auxiliary verb: A word that helps form tense, mood, or voice. Capitalization: Writing the first letter of a word in uppercase. Clause: A group of words with a subject and predi

We use YET, STILL, and SO FAR in negative statements to convey that the mentioned activity has not happen up to the present time, but they can deliver the same meaning with different connotations. This blog post will look at their nuanced meanings. Before that, you need to keep in mind that they are mostly used with the present perfect tense in the negative and questions. YET It is more about providing information; we mean that although something was expected to happen, it has not happened. It also means since it is expected, it could happen at some point in the future. An additional sentence that suggests that it will take place in the future generally follows this sentence. "I haven't eaten that food yet." This sentence that I have not had the experience of sampling or trying the food up to now, but I might do so in the future. I must have had opportunities to try that food, but I haven't; however, there are chances that I will try it sooner or later. STILL When we