Brain Twister
The answer is ‘m’. It occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in ‘a thousand years’.
New Ways To Adapt To English
Ever heard of eating, wearing and working in English? Yes, we can practice English except reading and writing. I can assure you would not have heard of these ways earlier and definitely your learning process will speed up once you start adapting the same. Here are some unique ways to make you never say never! …
How ‘Not’ To Learn English
When we learn a new language, it takes time, also there are certain set of rules which should be followed. Alot is advised on what to do to learn a new language but no one knows what ‘NOT’ to do to learn English. So here are some rules which we should follow if we are …
Interesting facts you didn’t know about ENGLISH
E’ is the most commonly used English alphabet; so common that one in eight alphabets written is ‘E’ ‘S’ is the letter which starts more English words, than the rest of the 25 letters. Guess the shortest sentence in English. “I am”. ‘Subdermatoglyphic’ is the longest English word spelled without repeating any letter. It means …
Weird but grammatically sound
The title itself is an example of what is to follow. Sentences that sound weird but are grammatically sound (this ‘sound’ here acts as an adjective, not a verb, unlike the first one). THE RAT THE CAT THE DOG CHASED KILLED ATE THE MALT. Let’s start. “The rat ate the malt”. Which rat? The …
Grammatical Pitfalls
When we’re in a professional environment how we express ourselves matters a lot. We generally don’t emphasize much on our grammar. And while we write we consider grammar as an annoying technicality or a minute detail without which our writings or speech is worthless. We’re all human, so mistakes are certain. Sometimes while speaking English …
6 Tips To Frame English Sentences
As we know sentences are a group of words which make sense. Not just strings but they are thoughts, ideas and stories. If someone speaks only words we’ll not be able to understand what he’s trying to say. Forming sentences is not a tedious task. Anybody and everybody can try to frame catchy and creative …
Extremely long or Extremely special words
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION A mash up of 5 Latin roots, this 29 letter long word means “something of little or no value”! You can find it in Oxford English Dictionary but not in Merriam-Websters. PSEUDOPSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM 30 letter word to describe a thyroid disorder. SUBDERMATOGLYPHIC The longest isogram, a word in which each letter is repeated exactly once, …
Vocabulary
WORDS MEANING Glabella The space between the eyebrows Aglet The metal or plastic bit at the end of shoelace Lunule The crescent shaped part of nail Vagitus Newborn baby’s cry Peen The non striking round part of a hammer Natiform Looks like a butt Tines The prongs on a fork Cornicione The end portion of …