Cindy

Cindy is a language-loving American writer for the Engram blog. Her love for languages, including her first language English, is what drives her when she writes and translates for a living.

Business Idioms - Part 1

English involves hundreds and thousands of idioms and expressions, some more commonly used than others. If you are from abroad and working in the US for the first time, you may hear hundreds of different idioms that you never learned in school.

Onto vs. On to

Onto is a preposition that expresses the position of a certain object or person on top of another. You step onto a train platform. You roll onto your back. There will be more examples of onto being used in sentences later.

Their vs. Their’s

Their? Their’s? Or is it theirs? Do you know which is correct? There are actually two that are correct spellings and one that is an incorrect spelling. Their is the possessive form of they. Their’s is a misspelling of theirs. Theirs is the plural form of their.

Truely vs. Truly

Are you truely or truly glad to meet someone? The correct answer is truly. Truely (with an e) is a misspelling of truly. For some adjectives that end in the letter e, you simply add an -ly at the end to make them adverbs.

Lable or Label: Which Is Correct?

Lable is a misspelling of label. The only correct spelling is label. Lable is incorrect in both American and British English. "Label" means a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic, or other material

Apologise or Apologize?

Is it apologise or apologize? Both spellings are correct. The -se versus -ze spelling difference comes up often between American and British English. Below are some other common words in the English language that are spelled with -se in British English and -ze in American English.

Color or Colour?

Do you know the difference between color and colour? Although there is only a one-letter difference, the two spelling variants are used in different regions of the world. Other members of the Commonwealth of Nations tend to also follow the British spelling of colour.

Burned or Burnt?

"Burned" or "burnt"? Which is the correct spelling? Burned and burnt are both past tense for the verb burn. In both American and British English, both burned and burnt can be used as adjectives, but burnt is generally more common.

Dreamt or Dreamed?

Is it “I dreamt a dream” or “I dreamed a dream”? Both dreamt and dreamed are past tense forms of the verb dream. Here are is the key difference.