Confused about the difference between the nouns "use" and "usage"? Have a look at this quick explainer!
English vocabulary: use vs usage
Latin verb forms used as nouns in English
In this post, Iโll give a few examples of an unusual feature where a particular Latin verb form (typically that of the 3rd person singular) has been adopted into English as a noun. Most of these nouns are very common and you might not even be aware of their origin!
English words of the year 2023
If you recall, some of the words of the year 2022, chosen by the leading English languageย lexicographers, were โwomanโ, โpermacrisisโ, and โgaslightingโ. (And if you donโt recall, you can refresh your memory).ย Letโs now do a quick roundup of the words of the year 2023! The Collins word of the previous year is โAIโ, defined …
A creepy glossary of doom and gloom
In the days leading up to Halloween, one of the highlights of the dark season of the year, Iโd like to share some adjectives that you can use when talking about the weird, the sad, and the gloomy. Twenty six words, to be precise, one for each letter of the English alphabet, along with some …
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