Woof is the conventional representation in the English language of the barking of a dog. As with other examples of onomatopoeia or imitative sounds, other cultures “hear” the dog’s barks differently and represent them in their own ways. Some of the equivalents of “woof” in other European and Asian languages are as follows: English –… Read More

Singular:           Plural: abyss               abysses alumnus         alumni analysis          analyses aquarium        aquaria arch                 arches atlas                atlases axe                  axes baby                babies bacterium       bacteria batch               batches beach              beaches brush               brushes bus                  buses calf                  calves chateau          chateaux cherry              cherries child                children church             churches circus              circuses city                   cities cod                  cod copy                copies crisis               crises curriculum     curricula deer                 deer dictionary       dictionaries domino          dominoes dwarf               dwarves echo               echoes elf                    elves emphasis      emphases family              families fax                   faxes fish                  fish… Read More

The English language has a large number of irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use—and significantly more if prefixedforms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle. A Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle arise arose arisen awake awakened / awoke awakened / awoken B backslide… Read More

20. The cucumber has left the salad. 19. I can see the gun of Navarone. 18. Someone tore down the wall, and your Pink Floyd is hanging out. 17. You’ve got Windows on your laptop. 16. Sailor Ned’s trying to take a little shore leave. 15. Your soldier ain’t so unknown now. 14. Quasimodo needs… Read More