mobi, epub | | | Author:Adam Jacot De Boinod

epub, mobi |eng | 2007-10-30 | Author:Anu Garg [Garg, Anu]

Not to spread too much negativity, here are a few words with positive meanings. Then again, you could use them in insults, too, as in telling someone, “You aren’t exactly ...

epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2011-03-07 | Author:Melvyn Bragg

Spelling began early, simply, at school, through Noah Webster. Monosyllables were easy. Polysyllables were made to appear easy by breaking them down and also by emphasising all the syllables: A.L. ...

epub |eng | 2012-08-06 | Author:Geoffrey Nunberg

And the rotter of sophisticated mid-century show tunes survives musically only in retro country songs like Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova”:He’s like a curse; he’s like a drug, You get addicted ...

epub |eng | 2013-10-09 | Author:John Seely [Seely, John]

Standard English Ever since the invention of printing there has been pressure to standardize English. When Caxton set up his printing press in the fifteenth century, he was aware of ...

epub |eng | 2014-01-06 | Author:Jane Straus & Lester Kaufman & Tom Stern

M MAIL, MALE Mail: correspondence. Male: masculine. MAIZE, MAZE Maize: corn. Maze: a labyrinth. MANNER, MANOR Manner: a method; a behavior. Manor: a palatial residence. MARQUEE, MARQUIS Marquee: a projection ...

mobi |eng | 2005-05-30 | Author:Frederic M. Wheelock & Richard A. Lafleur

QVAESTIŌNĒS: Identify the polysyndeton and comment on its effect (if you don’t recall the term, see “Pretty Is” in the last chapter). Explain Gemellus’ interest in Maronilla (if you can’t, ...

epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Jenny Baranick

10 Mary Ann or Ginger: Punctuation with Quotation Marks The girl next door or the voluptuous vamp? Perky or sexy? Short shorts or plunging neckline? Exclamation point or question mark? ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Thurman, Susan [Thurman, Susan]

Joint versus Individual Possession There is a way to use apostrophes to show the reader whether the people you’re talking about possess something jointly or individually. Take a look at ...

epub |eng | 2007-12-14 | Author:Straus, Jane [Straus, Jane]

9. Like the invitation stated, we’ll see you the tenth for our reunion. 10. I don’t know what you are talking about. 11. You could of told me about the ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-26 | Author:Crystal, David [Crystal, David]

48 Lakh A Word from India (17th century) Here are two recent newspaper headlines from India. Nearly 5 lakh foreigners throng India for cheap treatment Rs 50-lakh divorce for runaway ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2007-02-27 | Author:Adam Jacot De Boinod

A life of crime Italian offers a rich vocabulary for different types of crime and criminal. Smonta, for example, is a theft carried out on a bus or train from ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-28 | Author:Justin Cord Hayes

grin ORIGINAL DEFINITION: showing the teeth due to pain or anger NEW DEFINITION: show the teeth in a smile Sometimes it can be painful to hold a grin for too ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-29 | Author:Mark Forsyth

Flying Peters Piers Plowman is a variant of Peter Plowman because the farmer in the poem was representative of the ideal disciple of Christ, the chief of the apostles and ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2008-10-30 | Author:John McWhorter

And somme understonde wel Englysch that can nother Latyn nor Frankys. Bothe lered and lewed, olde and gonge, Alle understonden english tonge. Lewed, by the way, meant “unlearned”—neat how the ...