Grammar
What is a flat adverb?
Let's take a dive into flat adverbs. Flat adverbs look identical to their adjective counterparts, but take on a new meaning as they’re describing a verb instead of a noun.
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Grammar
10 commonly misspelled words
Whether it’s because of double consonants, silent letters, or just breaking common language patterns, there’s a whole mass of misspelled words that tend to trip us up.
Grammar
4 grammar rules that you don’t need anymore
The English language is full of rules made to be broken. Here are four grammar rules that you can ignore.
Slang
15 clichés to avoid like the plague
A cliché is a phrase that has been beaten to death. Because it’s been so overused, any significant meaning it may have had has been lost.
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15 motivational words to adopt as your motto this week
If you’re on the hunt for something to empower and uplift your headspace, here’s 25 inspiring words to get you going.
Grammar
Our favorite oxymorons
What did you call me? While you can probably come up with some great oxymoronic insults, they are a figure of speech that uses words that oppose each other.
Slang
15 slang terms your grandparents will understand
Scroll through these 15 outdated sayings Grandma and Grandpa used in their own casual conversation. They may give you a big tickle.
Grammar
Further vs. Farther
Further and farther are two of the most confused words in the English language. If you want to show your smarts, you’ll want to know the difference.
History
The twisty history of cursive writing
Who invented cursive handwriting? Why do we use it, and how did it start? After thousands of years, it’s incredible that cursive has survived despite its removal from most modern curriculums.
Grammar
The truth about the I before E rule
The I before E rule is one of the most notoriously broken rules in the English language. Should it even be a rule?
History
These 9 common words have the most bizarre origins
While many English words simply came into being from Latin, Greek, or other foreign languages, some words have seemingly bizarre, and even downright macabre, beginnings.
History
10 words that have recently been removed from the dictionary
As language evolves and new vocabulary (including slang) is coined and recognized, older words that have long fallen out of use are retired and removed from dictionaries.