English Word&Grammar (boulevard/ divorced/ sexing up a document)
Daily Word and Grammar
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"English Word and Grammar" is an initiative taken by me to enrich our
English in the word and in the grammar front.
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WORD OF THE DAY:
boulevard - a street or road that is lined with trees on both sides.
In Kashmir, however, any road can be referred to as 'boulevard'.
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WRONG TO CORRECT:
WRONG: My cousin divorced last month.
CORRECT: My cousin divorced his wife last month.
GRAMMAR: the word 'divorced' is followed by a noun or a pronoun. And
in the above sentence this were missing.
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IDIOM/ Phrases
sexing up a document - to make changes so that the document becomes
much more interesting or exciting to read.
Very few Editors of the renowned newspapers would want that the
articles be sexed up.
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PROFILE:
Rishikesh Sinha
Journalist
New Delhi