Population, Overpopulation, Underpopulation Imagine you want to talk about the people in your country or in the world. In other words, you want to talk about a population. How might you do so? In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore the noun pop...
Language and Mental Health In recent years, more and more people have been talking about mental health. The pandemic made many people feel isolated or alone. The isolation caused some people to struggle more with their mental health. Different countr...
Personification, Adjectives in 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' Many Americans have returned to work or school as the holiday season comes to an end. Some traveled far to be with loved ones for Christmas and New Year's Day. Last month, we looked at the...
The Grammar of Share: Social, Economic Uses Consider a time when you heard or read news about business, investments, or politics. Now consider a happy time when you gathered with friends or family. You ate food, had something to drink, and perhaps sm...
Grammar and New Years Resolutions The New Year comes on different dates for different cultures. And most of the Western world celebrates it on January 1st. One thing many cultures have in common is the idea of New Year's resolutions. A New Year's res...
Grammar, Language in 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' Many Americans will travel over the winter holidays, often to return to the homes and towns of their childhood. For people from the state of West Virginia, and wider Appalachia, one song comes to min...
Grammar for a Gift-giving Season We are entering a major gift-giving season in the United States. People purchase goods and services for their loved ones, friends, coworkers, and others. But how do we talk about giving gifts? How do we use subjects,...
Reviewing Pet Descriptions A few weeks ago, we asked our readers and listeners to describe their pets. We asked them to practice using multiple adjectives in a certain order. One reader, Maria from Argentina, wrote to us about her dog, Ceferina. In t...
Grammar for Giving Gifts We are now in between two major American holidays: Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is the most important time of the year for giving gifts. So, in the holiday spirit, we will explore some common questions that connect to gif...
'Happy Thanksgiving' Americans will soon celebrate Thanksgiving. The holiday involves family, friends and food. A common expression Americans say to each other at this time of year is Happy Thanksgiving. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we will pay car...
