“Every outfit I tried on was either too casual, too loud or too frumpy.” A funny thing about language: When you use it without thinking, you usually do just fine. It’s only when you stop and question ...
We use affirmative word order in questions in spoken rather than written English. Declarative questions can be used when the speaker is fairly sure he has understood what has been said, but he just ...
In the late 1990s, a friend told me she had used the word “exponentially” in a debate with her brother-in-law. “That’s not a word!” her brother-in-law insisted. “Of course it is,” my friend replied.
Many of us are reliant on technology to correct our spelling and grammar, but this quiz proves not thinking for yourself can begin to effect your English skills. U.S trivia platform Quizly has rounded ...
For the verb be, we need is or are as question words. Study this telephone conversation. You are about to meet somebody you do not know: Are you older than me? ~ No, I'm not. We're the same age. Are ...