English learning
Aug 8th , 2012
Word Wednesday: English language fun facts!
We’ve combined some English fun facts that have nothing to do with any rules of grammar, or spelling. We hope you may find them interesting and entertaining! 1. There was no punctuation until the 15th century! 2. In England, in the … Continue reading
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Aug 5th , 2012
Has texting destroyed our kids’ grammar?
Kids today are writing text messages that sounds like a different language to us adults. In order to save characters & time while texting, they shorten the words to a bunch of letters, numbers and icons, each of them represent … Continue reading
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Jul 26th , 2012
Top 10 weird words in English
Do you know what these words mean? Give yourself a point for every correct answer, and let us know how high you scored! And yes, all these words do exist! 1. Abibliophobia - The fear of running out of reading material. 2. Borborygm - A … Continue reading
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Jul 12th , 2012
Get to know your buffalo!
Hard to believe, but this sentence uses various meanings and parts of speech for the term “buffalo” , making it a valid sentence: 1. “Buffalo” is a city in New York, 2. ”buffalo” can be used both as singular and plural term for bison, … Continue reading
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Jul 11th , 2012
Word Wednesday: Askew
“Askew” is out of line, not in a proper line. Write the word on Google and tell us what happened! =) Have a great day, The Ginger Team.
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Jul 9th , 2012
Manic Monday: what’s Chemistry got to do with it?
So what’s the connection between ”Chemisty” and “periodically”? The periodic table of elements! The periodic table is a list that shows the chemical elements arranged according to their properties (based on the periodic law): As for the cat- that we can’t … Continue reading
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Jul 2nd , 2012
Manic Monday
So what is the difference between “Flesh out” and “Flush out” and idea? To “flesh out” is to take the parts given and figure out how to put them together. as the Urban Dictionary explains, the term comes from the artworld, … Continue reading
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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
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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 20th , 2012
Word Wednesday
Image from http://xkcd.com/1070/ Today’s quantifiable words-of-the-day: a few, a handful, several, a couple. While ‘a few’, ‘a handful’, and ‘several’ can be used interchangeably, it is common for most people to use ‘a couple’ wrongly. Strictly speaking, ‘a couple’ refers to … Continue reading
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