You’ve heard the expression, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.” We use it when talking about all kinds of objects of art, whether they are photographs, paintings, sculptures, or even ...
And now Paul's free English vocabulary size test ... half of the students failed to learn the most frequently-used 1,000 words. How did this man learn 11 languages? And that is the key, the ...
More than 1000 years ago, English was still being written using long-abandoned letters like þ (known as “thorn”), ƿ (“wynn”) and ð (“eth” or “thæt”). It had a different phonology and a much more ...
The English language is full of words that seem overstuffed with unnecessary letters, feel like they should be spelled a different way, or just don't make sense. Here are some of our favorites ...
To address this, we began the “1,000 words project,” in which we asked IPEC members to explore the nature of the crisis, dislocations, and challenges as they see it from their unique perspectives.
words pronounced alike that have different meanings and/or spellings. Homophones cause a great deal of confusion in the English language. And this here is a prime example. Here is another set of ...
Along with babies’ first steps, their first words are a milestone that lots of parents look forward to. But the line between babies making sounds and actually saying words is a bit blurry.
Nigerian English words have recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but there is still a debate in the country about what constitutes proper English, as the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo ...