Historic means “important in history” (e.g, “a historic day for the country”), while historical means “to do with the past” (e.g., “historical evidence”) or “to do with history (e.g. “from a historical point of view”).
Historical vs historic examples
Historical in a sentence
Historic in a sentence
She is most famous for her historical fiction.
She lives very near the historic site where the famous battle depicted in her book took place.
The book’s main character’s are all little-known historical figures.
Her latest book is about one of China’s most historic figures.
Researching the book involved searching through thousands of historical records.
You will find her books in the gift shops of all the historic buildings featured in her writing.
Never mind should be written as two words in almost all contexts.
Never mind (two words) is a phrase meaning “don’t worry” or “let alone” (e.g., “Never mind about that,” “I can hardly remember what I did yesterday, never mind last year!”).
Nevermind (one word) is a noun used in combination with no to mean “no attention,” or “no difference,” (e.g., “Don’t pay it no nevermind,” “It makes no nevermind to me”). It is a colloquial (dialect) word used in some regions of the United States.
Never mind or nevermind examples
Never mind in a sentence
Nevermind in a sentence
Person A: I don’t have any other shoes with me. Person B: Never mind, you can borrow a pair of rain boots.
He’s just being mean; don’t pay him no nevermind!
Person A: The tickets were all sold out. Person B: Never mind, we can go next time they’re in town.
Don’t you worry, ‘cause that don’t make no nevermind.
We won’t get to the end of the street in that car, never mind all the way to Vegas.
The verbproceed means “continue,” “carry on,” or “advance” (e.g., “Please proceed with caution”), while the verb precede means “come/happen before” and is often used in the passive voice. In the sentence, “The film will be preceded by an introduction from the director,” for instance, the introduction comes before the film showing.
Proceed vs precede examples
Proceed in a sentence
Precede in a sentence
After the cocktail reception, we proceeded with the main event.
The main event was preceded by a cocktail reception.
Please proceed down the hall and take your seats in the main auditorium.
A cocktail reception in the lobby will precede the main event in the auditorium.
The project is proceeding according to plan.
The project was a great success thanks to the thorough planning that preceded it.
Purposely and purposefully are often used interchangeably to mean “on purpose” (e.g., “purposely/purposefully avoid someone”), but purposefully can also mean “with purpose” or “in a meaningful or determined way” (e.g., “walk confidently and purposefully”).
Nowhere is spelled as one word. It is typically used as an adverb meaning “not anywhere” and is part of many frequently used, everyday phrases such as “nowhere near” and “going nowhere.”
A premiere is the first performance of something (e.g., “a movie premiere”), while a premier is the head of a government (e.g., “the Premier of British Columbia”).
“Premiere” is used as a noun (e.g., “world premiere”) and a verb (e.g., “The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival”).
“Premier” is used as a noun (e.g., “the Premier of South Australia”) and an adjective meaning “best” or “leading” (e.g., “one of the country’s premier universities”).
Premiere vs premier
Premiere examples in a sentence
Premier examples in a sentence
She is performing in the opera’s US premiere.
Presidents and premiers from all over the world attended her state funeral.
The new work will premiere at Houston Grand Opera next year.
The convention is widely regarded as the premier event in the industry calendar.
Sentences can be in the active voice (e.g., “He made the breakfast”) or the passive voice (e.g., “The breakfast was made by him”).
In the active voice, the grammatical subject of the sentence is the “doer” of the action described by the verb (“He made…”), but in the passive voice, the subject is the “recipient” of this action (“The breakfast was made…”).
Published on
October 11, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA.
Revised on
October 29, 2024.
Sentences can be in the passive voice (e.g., “The window was cleaned”) or the active voice (e.g., “He cleaned the window”). In the active voice, the “doer” of the action described by the verb is the grammatical subject of the sentence (“He cleaned…”), but in the passive voice, the subject is the “recipient” of this action (“The window was cleaned…”).
Choosing the passive voice allows us to make the sentence or clause “about” the recipient rather than the doer (or “agent”).
You construct the passive by using a form of the auxiliary verbbe (e.g., “was”) and the past participle of the main verb (e.g., “cleaned”). If you want to mention the agent in the passive voice, it comes after the prepositionby (e.g., “…was cleaned by him”).