Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or ...

In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...

there are many types of noun and noun phrase in English, and it can be difficult to know if a particular noun takes a singular verb (such as DOES / HAS / AM / IS ) or a plural verb (DO / HAVE / ARE).

Kevin Jiang, Functions of Language 'This book is a welcome addition to Cambridge University Press’s excellent Studies in English Language series. For John Flowerdew it represents the culmination of ...

We’re all guilty of using a thesaurus to find complicated words to use to sound smarter. Unfortunately this often backfires because we either don’t fully understand what the word means, or ...

Kevin Jiang, Functions of Language 'This book is a welcome addition to Cambridge University Press's excellent Studies in English Language series. For John Flowerdew it represents the culmination of ...

You are the candidate’s ally. Model ASL for the candidate. This means: Don’t code-switch to more English-based signing. Mouth movements must match natural ASL signing. If candidate doesn’t understand: ...

Fun abounds during Halloween, and some word game hilarity can ensue with spooky mad libs. These can be great for parents to do with kids when there's some downtime in the month of October or if ...

[Teaching Tech’s] latest video discusses “3D printed Velcro.” But as even he admits, Velcro is a trademark, so we think it is more appropriate to talk about hook and loop fasteners.