We aren’t foreign to the fact that dictionaries make regular additions and revisions to their collection. Additions are easy to understand. The more people use a particular word, the more its chances of making its cut to the dictionary. But revisions more often find inspiration from present situations and further research. Such is the case […]
Time is the most important factor for everyone. Yet, our expressions of time sound very monotonous. Using the same old terms like the time of the day, or the day of the week is slowly moving out of fashion. Of course, using one word does make a sentence sound less complex, but then, what’s the […]
Not everything requires a direct sense of tone. Sometimes, it is fun to have an indirect manner of expressing a point/feeling/opinion. Sayings do just that! But some English sayings are hilarious! A learner who wouldn’t know the meaning would wonder how that phrase makes any sense in that situation. Frankly, these English sayings are cool, […]
The letter A needs no introduction. Even before we stepped foot in pre-schools, we had ABCD vibrating through every vein in our body. But as we grow older, we understand that the English Language is beyond just learning letters. We move on to study words, sentences, paragraphs, and so on! Letters are the roots of […]
There are so many words in the English language that do not take or require a plural form. One of the most relevant mistakes that we can cite here is with the use of the word “hair.” Some of them go on to say, “My hairs are wet.” Linguistically, this word does not have a […]
You are probably wondering how something that sounds so complex like ‘oxymorons’ can tickle our English knowledge. Trust us when we say, if you are into this language and know the fundamentals, this list will surely amuse you. To begin with, let us understand what an oxymoron is in the first place. In layman language, […]
Expressing what we feel has also become so monotonous. It is so basic to respond with words like happy, sad, angry, irritated, frustrated to demonstrate our current mood. But the English language opens up new scopes for being more eloquent in contemporary times. When we can sound so much more “cooler”, why waste the opportunity […]
Writers, poets and other such creative people require rhyming words every now and often. You think of a word, and a plethora of rhyming words will pop in your minds, and on the internet. But did you know that there are some words, that do not exactly rhyme with other words? Take a look at […]
There are many social events where we bump into friends, common friends, lost cousins and even relatives. Meeting people after a long time, or for the first time, can be awkward for many. Say, do you also fumble, or take help of fillers like ‘umm’, ‘hmmm’, ‘so, what else?’, etc. or just grin in your […]
There are many words in the English Language, that somewhere have similar sounds, but aren’t spelled accurately. One knows the words, but a little here and there lead to wrong spellings. Now, if you are a lover of the English language, you might know that misspelled words aren’t acceptable to readers. Yet, unintentionally, even the […]