Research is an activity where you study or investigate something to learn new things about it. There are some words that we ...

A view is how you see the world – your opinions and beliefs. There are some words that we often use together. These are ...

There are some verbs that we commonly use with 'paper'. As a student, you might have to draft and prepare papers for your lectures. You might even have to put it forward to deliver it at a conference ...

Quip is another verb, a steady blip on Eliza Vaughan’s radar. Harmless on paper, quip is a fancy word for wisecrack, or to deliver that wisecrack in company. A zinger. A jest. Yet Eliza notes the verb ...

So, let's spruce up your resume with a few action verbs and phrases that will catch the recruiters eye. When you created or wrote something... Acted, Adapted, Combined, Composed, Conceptualized, ...

An idea can be a thought or suggestion. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'idea' with Neil in this ...

What will you find? Lots of people discussing, reporting, communicating, and reviewing - activities described by what I call treadmill verbs. Why do I call them that? Because you can discuss ...

Matthew Adams breaks down the difference between the active and passive voice, including which is better. Plus, Adams shares ...

This handout is available for download in PDF format. Active verbs are important components of any academic writing! Just as in other forms of writing, they work as engines, driving the action of your ...

Movies are a popular form of entertainment. But it seems the amount of violence shown in these movies has really shifted over the years. A new study led by Ohio State University suggests that the ...

Different verbs take different types of complements and assign them to various positions. Two that we will consider here are ergative and unaccusative verbs. The basic one each assign a single ...