Learn how to use words and avoid common errors
Detailed descriptions of words and phrases which often cause difficulty for students of English.
Sentences from real students’ writing assignements.
Errors accompanied by corrections and explanations.
How to use the dictionary
Just write the word or words you want to look up in the search box and click on the word that will appear in the search results. You can either look for specific words, such as always, or dinner, or you can search for concepts or grammar items, such as dates, or present perfect. Alternatively, you might want to browse through the different entries. If you want to do that, just click on a letter on the top menu and a list of words beginning with that letter will display. You can also click on “all entries” and see the list of all the entries in alphabetical order. As you will see, the dictionary is still on its early stages, but bear up, it will get better.