Faint vs Feint

Just like other homophones, the words faint and feint cause confusion to some people
because they now only sound alike, but their spellings are also separated by just a single letter. 

Despite these similarities, these two terms have very different meanings and uses. 

In
this post, we will show how you can properly distinguish between the two words in order to

use them accurately in your sentences.
The word faint can be used as an adjective to mean “of a sight, smell, or sound barely
perceptible.”

A Faint Opportunity to Mend EU-Turkey Ties.

Power ease Showdown pain to end Collingwood’s faint hope.

‘Did you hear that?’: Amid Baltimore’s surge in killings, a faint cry in a locked car


It may also function as a verb meaning “to lose consciousness for a short time because of a
temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.”

Festivalgoers reportedly faint in queue for Boomtown fair after festival ramps up
security.


Dramatic moment straphangers save young woman who fainted and tumbled
onto Boston subway track moments before train roared in

Canal murder accused ‘fainted’ when he heard of death

The idiom faint of heart means “lacking the courage to face something difficult or
dangerous,” usually used in the phrase not for the faint of hear


This 25-Inch-Wide Hanging Bridge Is Not For The Faint Of Heart

On the other hand, the word feint can be used as a noun referring to “a deceptive or
pretended blow, thrust, or other movement, especially in boxing or fencing.”

“Miocic does most of his work from the outside, where he’s active with his
footwork and feints.”

“Attack and parry timings, using feints, and precision aiming of spears and heavy
sticks are all significant factors.”

It may also function as a verb meaning “to make a deceptive or distracting movement,
typically during a fight.”
Competitors feint, lunge and parry during fencing event at Asian Games

“He feinted Fleury and had an easy goal as he fired the puck into the net over the
sprawled-out goaltender.”

“He looked left and turned back. He feinted in a bid to beat his marker before
retreating”

Now that you’ve determined the differences between faint and feint, you will be able to use them properly in your writing. 

Remember that faint is to lack perception or consciousness
while feint is to deceive opponents.

Use of Allow, Let and Permit

Written by Tridev sharma

Allow can be followed by an object + the infinitive, by a gerund, or by anoun. The gerund is used when the subject of the action the gerund describes is unnecessary, as in for general statements.

EXAMPLES

• Her parents allowed her to go to the party.
• Her parents don't allow smoking in the house.
• My parents don't allow dogs.

 Allow, permit and let are verbs that all have a similar meaning: ‘give permission or make it possible for somebody to do or have something’.

Permit is more formal than allow.Allow is more formal than let:

The University has established a Museums Committee to permitmore formal discussion of common problems amongst its museums.

The plan for Heathrow will allowairport operator BAA to build a third, shorter runway.

Will you let me pay for the meal?

Let me show you how to open it. It’s a bit tricky.

Permit/allow someone + to do something

We use a direct object + to-infinitive after permit and allow:

[from a newspaper report about a rugby player]

He has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend.

I would not allow a child to havea TV or a computer in their room.

Let someone + do something

We use an infinitive without to afterlet:

[child to parent]

Why don’t you let me go? All my friends are going.

We don’t let employees use the office telephone for personal calls.

Passive with permit andallow

We often use the passive withpermit and allow. Permit is often used for official public notices:

Photography is permitted for non-commercial use only.

[talking about a diet]

You’re allowed to eat as much fruit as you like.

We’re not allowed to put posters on the walls.

Warning:

We don’t usually use the passive with let:

The children were allowed to do whatever they wanted.

Not: The children were let do …

Basic English Rules

Some of the most basic and important English grammar rules relate directly to sentence structure. Some of these rules specify that:

• A singular subject needs a singular predicate.
• A sentence needs to express a complete thought.

Another term for a sentence is an independent clause. 

• Clauses, like any sentence, have a subject and predicate too. If a group of words does not have a subject and predicate, it is a phrase.
• If they can stand alone and make a complete thought, then they are independent and called sentences.
• If they do not express a complete thought, they are called "dependent clauses." An example of a dependent clause, which is not a sentence, is “when i finish my work”. 

Subjects and Predicates

Basic to any language is the sentence, which expresses a complete thought and consists of a subject and a predicate.

• The subject is the star of the sentence; the person, animal, or thing that is the focus of it. 
• The predicate will tell the action that the subject is taking or tell something about the subject.

Basic Parts of Speech

Once you have a general idea of the basic grammar rules for sentence structures, it is also helpful to learn about the parts of speech:

• A noun names a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, activity, or feeling.  A noun can be singular, plural, or show possession.
• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, like: “I”, “you”, or “they.” 

• A verb shows action and can be a main verb or a helping verb, like: “were” or “has.”  Verbs also indicate tense and sometimes change their form to show past, present, or future tense. Linking verbs link the subject to the rest of the sentence and examples are: “appear” and “seem.”  

• An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. It adds meaning by telling how much, which one, what kind, or describing it in other ways.
• An adverb will modify a verb and tell more about it, like how much, when, where, why, or how.
• A preposition shows a relationship between nouns or pronouns. It is often used with a noun to show location, like: “beside”, “in”, or “on”. It can also show time, direction, motion, manner, reason, or possession. 
• Conjunctions connect two words, phrases, or clauses, and common ones are: “and”, “but”, and “or.”

Mention needs to be made about other types of words that are considered by some, but not all, to be parts of speech.

• One of them is the interjection. It shows emotion and examples are: “yea”, “hurray”, “uh-oh”, and “alas.”
• Articles are very useful little words that are also sometimes considered to be parts of speech. The articles are: “a”, “an”, and “the”.  Indefinite articles are “a” and “an” and “the” is a definite article.   

Punctuation

To fully understand basic grammar rules, you also need to look at punctuation rules. 

• All sentences must start with a capital, or upper case, letter. 
• Titles of people, books, magazines, movies, specific places, etc. are capitalized. 
• Organizations and compass points are capitalized. 
• Every sentence needs a punctuation mark at the end of it. These would include a period, exclamation mark, or question mark.
• Colons are used to separate a sentence from a list of items, between two sentences when the second one explains the first, and to introduce a long direct quote.
• Semicolons are used to take the place of a conjunction and are placed before introductory words like “therefore” or “however.” They are also used to separate a list of things if there are commas within each unit.   
• There are a lot of rules for commas. The basic ones are commas separate things in a series and go wherever there is a pause in the sentence. They surround the name of a person being addressed, separate the day of the month from the year in a date, and separate a town from the state. 
• Parentheses enclose things that clarify and enclose numbers and letters that are part of a list. Apostrophes are used in contractions to take the place of one or more letters and to show possession. An apostrophe and “s” is added if the noun is singular and an apostrophe alone is added if the noun is plural.

Daily sentences

Today's topic.....

√ Translation of some verbs...

(लगना/लगाना का अनुवाद)

Written by - Tridev sharma

1. उम्र के हिसाब से वह कमसिन लगती है–

    She doesn't look her age.

2. उम्र के हिसाब से वह सही उम्र की लगती है–

    She looks her age.

3. उम्र के हिसाब से वह जरा अधिक लंबी लगती है–

    She is too tall for her age.

4. वह लंबी लगती है(पसंद के लायक)–

    She is fairly tall.

5. वह जरा अधिक लंबी लगती है(नापसंद लंबाई)–

    She is rather tall.

6.  वह लंबी लगने के लिए हाई हील के जूते पहनती है–

    She wears high heels to make herself look taller.

7.  वह देखने में कैसी लगती है ?–

    How does she look like?

8.  वह देखने में चाँद/गुड़िया सी लगती है–

    She looks like the moon/like a doll.

9.  वह देखने में परी सी लगती है–

    She looks like a fairy.

10. वह घबराई सी लगती है–

    She looks puzzled.

11. वह स्थान बिरान सा लगता है–

    That place looks deserted.

12. उसे भूख - प्यास नहीं लगती है–

    He doesn't feel hungry and thirsty.

13. वह तेरा कौन लगता है ?–

    How is he related to you ?

14. इसमे कितना समय लगेगा ?–

    How much time will it take ?

15. सुबह की हवा सीतल लगती है –

    Morning air is cool.

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