In this post weโll look into the basic differences between two English tenses that students often confuse: Present Simple and Present Continuous (also known as Present Progressive).
English grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous
‘The First Dandelion’ by Walt Whitman
Whitmanโs poem featured in this post is a very short one, originally published in the Herald newspaper on 12th March 1888. It just so happened that immediately after its publication, a major blizzard hit the state of New York, which made the poetโs timing rather unfortunate, and the subject of many jokes. It reminded me …
‘So sweet love seemed that April morn’ by Robert Bridges
Robert Seymour Bridges was a British poet and the Poet Laureate of the UK from 1913 to 1930. Originally a doctor, he had to abandon his medical practice due to poor health. He spent most of his life in rural Berkshire near Oxford, dedicated to writing and literary studies. Robert S. Bridges (1844โ1930) The poem …
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Portmanteau words in English
A portmanteau (click here for pronunciation) is an old-fashioned type of luggageโa large travelling bag typically made of leather, opening into two equal parts. Thanks to the writer Lewis Caroll, the term has come to refer to a curious feature of language, where elements of two or more words are combined to create a new …
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