by Connor Brooke - In English, some words have more than one spelling. They don’t have to change their meaning or the way…
by Connor Brooke - How serious does an argument about the proper way to form a past tense of a verb have to…
by Connor Brooke - Words ending with an f can sometimes be troublesome for English speakers. They are easy enough to use in…
by Connor Brooke - What’s the difference between despite and in spite of? The easy answer: none. Despite and in spite of, despite…
by Connor Brooke - There are many perks to speaking a language that is the lingua franca of our time, but one of…
by Jay Leonard - There are plenty of quotes from the movie The Godfather seared into people’s brains. Perhaps the most famous one…
by Alan Draper - Yea, yeah, and yay are three words that are commonly equated with the word yes. If you’re one of…
by James Spillane - Any Google News search for “political correctness” will yield three general groups of results: pieces slamming one public figure…
by James Spillane - Last year, Grammarly polled our social audiences to see if they supported gender-neutral pronoun usage. The results were a…
by Connor Brooke - The relationship between the words rack and wrack is not without complications. You can say, for example, that you…
by Connor Brooke - The issue of the hyphen (or lack thereof) in email is still far from being settled. Even though it…
by Jay Leonard - All the perplexing, unclear, and even contradictory quirks of the English language are a large part of what makes…
by Connor Brooke - You’d be surprised how many things you can do without. You can do without fancy coffee beverages. You can…
by Connor Brooke - In any language, English included, there are some words people can do without knowing. There are words like pain,…
by Alan Draper - Patience is the ability to endure a long wait calmly or deal with annoying problems without frustration. Many of…
by Alan Draper - Who’s and whose: one is a contraction and one is possessive. Put them together and you sound like an…
by James Spillane - Invoke and evoke are two words that are very easy to confuse. They sound kind of similar when you…
by James Spillane - Many folks’ grammar abilities take a nosedive when it comes to this verb. After this article, that will all…
by Connor Brooke - Awhile or a while? You can say awhile and a while without noticing any difference between the two—they are…
by Jay Leonard - When a cat becomes tangled in the window blinds, how does she maintain her arrogant stare? What about when…
by Jay Leonard - A mother and daughter may sound alike on the phone, but if you meet them in real life you…
by Connor Brooke - In Finding Nemo, the fish collude to clog the filter in their tank. Their goal is to make the…
by Jay Leonard - People associate a lot of things with British culture. According to the 2016 Britishness Audit, a nice cup of…
by Connor Brooke - Finish this sentence: Everything is going to be. . . If you’re like most people, the first word you…
by Connor Brooke - Some packages of crayons come with over a hundred colors. Among them are the mysterious burnt umber and burnt…
by Jay Leonard - If you are a fan of the show MadTV, you may have heard the phrase “a whole ’nother level.”…
by Jay Leonard - Are you a fan of irony? If so, you might find a bit of amusement in the following scenario:…
by Jay Leonard - You don’t need a judgeship to have an opinion on how to spell certain words. Judgement or judgment—which spelling…
by Alan Draper - Do your friends inspire you to set goals? Do they support you as you try to reach them? Do…
by James Spillane - Two acquaintances who share many of the same features may be difficult to distinguish from one another. How can…
by Connor Brooke - Many comedians get their material from real life. Mike Myers, the actor who played Austin Powers in the film…
by Connor Brooke - Have you ever learned a new word from a book? Some people use the context clues found in the…