In many places around the world, people have been feeling economic stress, and unfortunately most of them are part of the group of low- to middle-income wage earners that don’t have a great deal of independent resources to draw on. … Continue reading…
English has gotten many of its words from other countries over the years, and has given many people around the globe a common language for communication, especially in the news, business, and technology industries. The company called Global Language Monitor … Continue reading…
The history of the English language is long and convoluted, incorporating words from many languages, adding words as technology and society changes, and dropping words for the same reason. While today we can still read the works of Shakespeare and … Continue reading…
As we explained in this post, an eponym is the name of a person which has become synonymous with the thing the person has discovered, invented, or otherwise become famous for. For example, the brain disorder dementia has a common … Continue reading…
If you’re new to vocabulary building, you might be tempted to jump in the deep end of the vast pool of English words out there, and learn the harder ones first. Some people think that by knowing some fancy or … Continue reading…
If you’re new to vocabulary building, you might be worried about the amount of work ahead of you. In fact, if you’re learning English as a second language, you might be downright scared about the amount of time it will … Continue reading…
Some people think that vocabulary building happens one word at a time, and that a person needs to sit down with a dictionary and go through it from A to Z, learning the words individually and in order. Others go … Continue reading…
There are many tools available to people who want to increase vocabulary skills and improve their ability to use words in their spoken and written communication. An important part of vocabulary improvement is learning synonyms, words that have a similar … Continue reading…
English (like many other world languages) contains a subset of vocabulary words that are classified as compound words – that is, two or more other words are put together (or “compounded”) to make one new word. This new word may … Continue reading…
In Mexico, Día de los Muertos is a modern holiday centered on All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day at the beginning of November; it now follows the Catholic church calendar, but has its roots in ancient Aztec celebrations. Cultures … Continue reading…