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New Words and New Meanings
- Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Words are made up all the time by different groups of people, but only if they are used widely over a period of time will dictionary makers put them in their reference works.
Metaphorically Speaking
- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Inventing metaphors stretches the imagination! Take a list of objects and try to relate them to something completely different.
Making Words Mean Different Things
- Tuesday, 08 December 2015
Languages change with circumstances, often unexpectedly, and we adapt to and integrate these changes into our speech and writing.
Affect or Effect?
- Tuesday, 01 December 2015
Affect and effect are two words that are easily mixed up – even native speakers of English get them confused!
Intentionally Passive
- Tuesday, 15 September 2015
The passive voice can be useful in specific contexts as when we don’t need to mention who did the action.