Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is double words, Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Todays todays podcast podcast is is about words that are doubled, such as had had and is is. Words grammar checker automatically alerts you when you repeat a word, b...
Grammar Girl here. Today's show is still work-safe and family-friendly, but we're going to talk about how to deal with swearing in novels, quotations, and other types of text. My friend Scott Sigler and I were talking about his new book, The Rookie,...
Grammar Girl here. Today, Bonnie Trenga will help us choose better transition words. This article could make you a tad hungry, because today were comparing the art of writing to the art of making a sandwich. In fact, just for today, we might need to...
This can be used to practice Count and Non-count nouns in context. When talking about non-count items (such as sugar, water, toothpaste, etc.), it is common to use measure words to indicate how much of the substance you are referring to. Below are a...
the study of words That if your vocabulary is limited your chances of success are limited. That one of the easiest and quickest ways to get ahead is by consciously building up your knowledge of words. The the vocabulary of the average person almost...
This programme looks at the results of a recent survey in which 3,000 British people were asked to pronounce some of the most difficult words in the English language. Yvonne and Callum try their luck at pronouncing a few of those words and achieve s...
Unit 12 literature n 文学(作品);文艺 △Leonardo da Vinci 列昂纳多达芬奇 △Pablo Picasso 帕勃罗毕加索 △romantic adj 浪漫的;传奇式的 comedy n 喜剧;喜剧性的事情 local adj 当地的;地方的;乡土的...
Words, Wide Night Written by Carol Ann Duffy Somewhere on the other side of this wide night and the distance between us, I am thinking of you. 1) The room is turning slowly away from the moon. This is...
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I’ll give you some advice about life. 给你生活的忠告 Eat more roughage; 多吃些粗粮; Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains; 给别人比他们期望的更多,并用心去...