Hoping is the present-participle form of hope ("to wish for"). Hopping is the present-participle form of hop (like a bunny).

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What does the French word reliquat mean? How is it pronounced and used?

Learn how to conjugate s'évanouir, a pronominal regular -ir French verb.

Thanksgiving in Italy? The distinctly American tradition doesn't translate well in the land of Etruscans, but for most Italian Americans Thanksgiving dinner means the inclusion of special Italian family recipes to accompany the traditional meal.

Numerical adjective is the grammatical term for numbers. There are three types of numerical adjectives, each used for a different purpose.

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Superstition plays an important part in Chinese culture. The Chinese language has many homonyms, or words that have multiple meanings. As a result, the words for numbers also have different connotations, or may sound like words that mean something else. These qualities are often associated with the

A claim letter is correspondence sent by a customer to a business to identify a problem with a product or service. Also known as a letter of complaint.

What does the French word barbiche mean? How is it pronounced and used?

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Learn how to conjugate rappeler, a stem-changing French verb.

On this page you'll find the answers to the second exercise in Recasting a Paragraph in the Past Tense.

You'll never sound like an Italian native if you persist in repeating linguistic dead giveaways - that is, grammatical mistakes, habits, or tics that always identifies a native English speaker regardless of how competent that person is in Italian.

Modified Italian verbs (alterati verbali) are formed using suffixes that produce diminutive and augmentative words, or that convey a sense of repetition.

Ad hominem is an argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack.

After you have reviewed our pages on regular and irregular verbs, give these five proofreading exercises a try.

Learn how to conjugate frapper, a regular -er French verb.

Experience the city of London vicariously by reading these 13 evocative essays published over the past 300 years.