A verb is a necessary part of every sentence.  Every subject must have a verb. How do you recognize a verb? The 2 types of verbs The Action Verb An action verb tells what the subject of the [...]

The meaning of pay it forward ‘Pay it forward.’ You hear it everywhere, but what does it mean? Pay it forward is not a new idea, but in the last few years, it’s a buzzword and a huge [...]

It is a common question about English rules and usage: who vs. whom. When do you use whom and who? Who vs. Whom – know when to use which pronoun Many native speakers do not know the usage [...]

Tenses work differently with modal verbs than with main verbs. Take the modal verb, “can”, meaning ability. “Can” can be used for the present or the future, but not the past. So you [...]

While you would have thought we have introduced other words to use instead of awesome, the word is still very much the default expression for anything nice, beautiful, great, wonderful … [...]

Nerd, geek and dork are really popular English words used today, considered to be words that came out of the Digital Age, but, in fact, the origins of nerd, geek, dork are all from the United [...]

Apostrophes are probably the most misused punctuation marks in written English. When used correctly, they enhance language by providing extra information in a sentence to better convey your [...]

  The ‘Monday Blues’ is a phrase that has been around since the beginning of the five-day work week.  Why ‘Monday blues’, and why blue? Blue was first used only as a [...]

  Slang and American English are in a continual state of change.  Each year the language gets a whole lot of new additions.  Students take the lead in creating slang.  Here are some campus [...]

Of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world, nearly 500 are classified as endangered.  While 133 languages are spoken by just 10 people or less, there are two known speakers of Lipan Apache in [...]