The Thirst for Learning: There’s NO homework in Finland
Fun with words: speed
Fun with words: opportunity
Research shows boys and girls learn language differently
Experts believe language uses both a mental dictionary and a mental grammar. The mental ‘dictionary’ stores sounds, words and common phrases, while mental ‘grammar’ involves the real-time composition of longer words and sentences. For example, making a longer word ‘walked’ from a smaller one ‘walk’. However, most research into understanding how these processes work has… Read More
Fun with words: paranoia
Funny Tik Tok Captions? Typos vs. Misspelling
With the exception of social media professionals and academic journalists, the majority of what is written by the general public on social media is not edited, supervised or checked to ensure that proper use of the English language is taken into consideration. That being said, the number of typos and mistakes might lead to undesireble reactions,… Read More
Fun with words: dammit
28 boring words and what to use instead
Source: Custom Writing
Fun with words: therapy
Confusing words: Make and Do
DO There are no easy rules to follow. We always use do to describe indefinite activities, often with what, thing, anything, nothing, etc and generally speaking we also use do to talk about duties, jobs or (leisure) activities. Look at the following examples: ‘What shall we do now?’ ‘You can do what you like. I’m… Read More
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