Making great wordplay with lexagrams uses many types of language skills. Success involves more than having a large vocabulary – it helps to recognize letter patterns and to visualize how words interact. To help build these skills, take a look at his great puzzle quiz. Each answer is a compoundContinue Reading
Q: In a YouTube clip I’ve seen, a pianist at a hotel lounge says he likes to “play to guests.” Is it “play to” or “play for”? Wouldn’t “play to” suggest currying favor with the guests, as in “play to the gallery”? A: The verb “play” is especially playful. YouContinue Reading
Yes, there is an end to comma rules! This is the last post in our series of comma rules. But stay tuned because next week’s post is — When NOT to Use a Comma. The previous posts in this series are Five Common Uses for Commas, Commas with Introductory Elements, CommasContinue Reading
This April full moon on the 19th is named a Pink Moon, also known as a Seed Moon. Historically, month names are names of moons in lunisolar calendars. Such names have gained currency in American folklore. They appear in print more widely outside of the almanac tradition from the 1990sContinue Reading
Thank you to Grammar Diva for this content.Commas: The bane of a writer’s existence. Depending on where you look, there can be ten — or tons — of comma rules. However, there are two main rules: 1. Don’t use a comma unless you have a reason (rule) to use it.Continue Reading
I am happy to present a guest post by Nora Mork: Image by Kollakolla from Pixabay If you want to speak English well, you should learn some basic English idioms. Speaking naturally comes with slang as well. But before all that, you should focus on learning proper English grammar andContinue Reading
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 after briefly being the tenth vice president (1841); he was elected to the latter office on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison. Tyler ascended to theContinue Reading
Making great wordplay with lexagrams uses many types of language skills. Success involves more than having a large vocabulary – it helps to recognize letter patterns and to visualize how words interact. To help build these skills, take a look at his great puzzle quiz. Each answer is a wordContinue Reading
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in bothContinue Reading
Aries (♈) (meaning “ram”) is the first astrological sign in the zodiac, spanning the first 30 degrees of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this sign from approximately March 20 to April 21 each year. This time duration is exactly the first month of the Solar HijriContinue Reading