These words, both adjectives, may give you trouble because they are not used a lot in everyday conversation, although they are fairly well known words and you should use them when appropriate.Aesthetic describes the experience of art or beauty/ugliness, for example: H.R. Geiger’s designs created the remarkable aesthetic effects of Ridley Scott’s film, Alien. Sometimes […]

Amuse and Bemuse are NOT very close in meaning—or at least were not originally, but that may be changing (see below). However, for now, they are still different and they are constantly confused by native speakers. You should be aware that you will probably hear native speakers use bemuse incorrectly—as if it meant amuse.Amuse means […]

These terms have different meanings and slightly different, but overlapping grammar. Altogether is an adverb meaning “completely” or “really”; it mainly modifies adjectives, but it can be used to modify other verbs: Modifying adjectives:  War is usually an altogether bad idea.Modifying verbs:  I altogether failed that test. All together forms an adjective or adverb phrase […]

Role is a noun referring to a character or function (purpose), such as a character in a play, a social role, or the purpose of a machine or process: Every actor wants to play the role of Hamlet.Her older sister played the role of her mother when she was growing up.What role does eating meat […]

You probably know that blond/blonde is an adjective describing hair of a yellow-gold color.  The difference between blond and blonde is purely one of spelling and grammatical gender, and this difference is quickly disappearing in the present day.Blond(e) in English is originally borrowed from French, in which adjectives take different forms depending on the gender […]