Silent letters are letters that are not pronounced in a word. There are many silent letters in English including the letter ‘e’ at the end of a word, the letter ‘b’ following ‘m’ and many, many more. Can you guess Read More …
Silent Letters
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A Collection of Tongue Twisters
A form of verbal play, tongue twisters rely on a sequence of phonemes that are similar but distinct, and therefore difficult to articulate clearly and quickly. They’re great practice for public speaking and learning to annunciate, so give these a Read More …
The Most Effective Ways to Study English
Learning a new language like English can be a challenge, but with regular study it can be done. Classes are important, but so is disciplined practice. It can even be fun. Here are some guidelines to help you improve your Read More …
The Simple Rules of the 5 Paragraph Essay
A five-paragraph essay is a prose composition that follows a prescribed format of an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph, and is typically taught during primary English education and applied on standardized testing throughout schooling. Learning to Read More …
18 Strange and Funny Food Packaging and Label Fails
Have you ever been walking through a supermarket when suddenly a totally bizarre food label jumped out at you? “That can’t be right,” you think to yourself. “Maybe there was a mistake at the factory.” Perhaps these funky labels are Read More …
Minimize vs Reduce
Some words have meanings that are related or close to each other causing some people to misuse or even interchange them. The terms minimize and reduce are a good example of this situation since both of them pertain to making things smaller. This post Read More …
5 Steps to Writing a Great Essay
Learning to write an essay is a skill you will use throughout your life. The simple organization of ideas you use when writing an essay will help you write business letters, company memos, and marketing materials for your clubs and Read More …
100 Awfully Good Examples of Oxymorons
An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. This contradiction is also known as a paradox. Writers and poets have used it for centuries as a literary Read More …
The Top 20 Figures of Speech
A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in a distinctive way. Though there are hundreds of figures of speech, here we’ll focus on 20 top examples. You’ll probably remember many of Read More …
Teddy Roosevelt Simplifies Spelling
In 1906, U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt tried to get the government to simplify the spelling of 300 common English words. However, this didn’t go over well with Congress or the public. Simplified Spelling Was Andrew Carnegie’s Idea In 1906, Andrew Read More …