Englishbix brings you an amazing list of vocabulary. These words are generally used while having an inter-school debate or speech competition. Debate and Speech Vocabulary Words for Kids Word Meaning affirm establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts affirmative giving assent analogy drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity analysis an […]

When we learn about grammar or linguistic science, we will also learn about the prescriptive and descriptive linguistics. So, we will talk about it more in this article. Let’s find out what are their differences and their examples.  What is Prescriptive linguistics? The definition of prescriptive linguistics is about how a language should or should

In the English language, some letters can be used in different contexts to produce two different types of speech sounds (phonemes). These phonemes are termed as hard and soft sounds. These letters can be very tricky when we pronounce a word containing these letters because of their dual phonemes. Generally, consonants like ‘c’ and ‘g’

This is a double consonant and is widely used in the middle or end of a word.  The sounds of FF, LL, SS & ZZ are found in English Language words such as press, princess, glass, grass, compass, impression, dress, cross, business, fizz, spill, piss, miss, hiss, kiss, dell, fell, spell, well, fizz, fuzz and

Hasty Generalization is often called the most common form of infidelity. Basically it makes a claim based on evidence that it is too small. In fact, you can’t make a claim and say something is true if you only have one or two examples as evidence. Doing strange things is a form of rational deception.

Socrates irony is one of the most subtle forms of deception. It is a deceptive method of obtaining information from a person that can be used against him or her over time. This type of confusion is common in courtrooms but can apply to any type of verbal argument. Socrates’ favorite research mode, it is

Today in this session we are going to learn some general acronyms and abbreviations used in India. It is an alphabetically sorted mixed list of abbreviations from different fields (academics, military, commerce, trade etc.) which are commonly used by people in India. Common Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations for Kids Following is a concise list of

A mixed metaphor is a series of unpopular or humorous comparisons. When two or more metaphors are combined, it is often absurd to say that these comparisons are “mixed.” Some readers may ridicule this type of metaphor; others may find it boring. In many cases, mixed-use metaphors occur by chance, and harmful portraits can be

Let us understand the meaning of stressed and syllable timed language. What is Stress Timed Language? The stress timed language is the language in which the accented or stressed letters are pronounced almost at regular intervals, and the unstressed syllables gets shorten to the same rhythm. Stressed language with a time constraint can be compared

Genetic fallacy occurs when a claim is accepted as true or false depending on the origin of the claim. Therefore, instead of considering the true nature of the claim, it was judged on its basis. In other words, genetic deception (also known as false doctrine or deceptive deception) is a misnomer based solely on human