English Language
Jun 27th , 2012
Word Wednesday
Today’s word is BALL. While the word is common to most of us, its spelling isn’t as intuitive. It shouldn’t be confused with BAWL, which has the exact same pronunciation but means something totally different. Most of us would have … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English learning, English writing
Jun 24th , 2012
Savvy Sunday – What do you mean by ‘enormity’?
We all know that ‘enormous’ is used to describe something that is huge. Since ‘enormous’ is an adjective (a descriptive word), what is the noun of ‘enormous’? Did you guess ‘enormity’? If you did, you are way off! Former U.S. … Continue reading
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Jun 6th , 2012
Pronunciation Workout!
Try this out! If you can correctly pronounce every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, Text to speech
May 21st , 2012
Manic Monday
Saying it differently… This might help to keep off the Monday blues… Have a manic Monday, everyone! The Ginger Team
Posted in Archive, English Language, Quotes
May 20th , 2012
Savvy Sunday
Shakespeare was a radical of his time. An erratic playwright, he was brilliant with words and phrasing, and gave us many classic hits such as Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and Romeo and Juliet. Many phrases and words that we … Continue reading
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May 6th , 2012
Savvy Sunday
WHEN TO USE I.E. IN A SENTENCE I.e. is an abbreviation of a latin phrase that carries the meaning of “that is”. It is used to CLARIFY a statement, rather than for LISTING EXAMPLES. I.e. should be used when you … Continue reading
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May 3rd , 2012
T.G.I.F. (Truly, Ginger is free)
Here’s one of the more tricky words: kindergar__ (den/dan/ten/ton)? Use Ginger Spell & Grammar Checker to find out which of these sentences is/are correct: 1. The world is a kind of kindergarden, where millions of children are trying to spell … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English learning, English writing, Spelling
May 2nd , 2012
Word Wednesday
Today’s word is NARCISSISTIC. Narcissistic: (adjective) Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. I guess everyone of us is narcissistic in our own special ways – though some ways are more annoying than others. It’s alright … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English writing, Spelling
Nov 8th , 2011
A Spelling Dilemma, or…Dilemna?!
How do you spell ‘dilemma’? Do you spell ‘dilemma’ or ‘dilemna’? I recently played a game of spelling bee with my friend Sam. When the word dilemma came up he was certain that ‘d-i-l-e-m-n-a’ was the correct spelling. To settle … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, English Language, Proofreading, Spelling
Aug 11th , 2011
What makes a word a word?
One of the challenges of developing a strong spell checker is creating a database of words that are considered correct; or rather the question of how we decide what word is a word?
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