Here you’ll find various interesting facts, mind maps, word comparisons, and other helpful posts that can help you improve your English.
- Teach, learn, study, train, tutor, and educate: What’s the difference?
- “Cold turkey”: its meaning and possible link to plain speaking
- Voluble vs. verbose: fluent talk or unnecessary words?
- Hendiadys: saying one thing with two words
- Persuasive, convincing, cogent, compelling, conclusive and irrefutable: How to choose
- Apparent vs. evident: seeming or clear?
- Temporary vs. passing vs. fleeting vs. transient vs. ephemeral vs. evanescent
- Hard, firm, solid, rigid, stiff and unyielding: How to choose
- The origin of “out of the blue”
- Fewer vs. less: counting things and measuring amounts
- Pleonasms: the extra words English refuses to drop
- Ample vs. plentiful vs. abundant vs. bountiful vs. copious vs. profuse
- Creepy, spooky, eerie, sinister, macabre, and bloodcurdling: What’s the difference?
- Perspicacious vs. perspicuous: understanding the difference
- Where does “out of kilter” come from?
- Where does “one-trick pony” come from?
- The difference between an acronym and an initialism
- Differ vs. vary: how to choose the right verb
- Noticeable, marked, pronounced, conspicuous, prominent and obtrusive: How to choose
- Thankful vs. grateful vs. appreciative vs. obliged vs. indebted vs. beholden
- Why “nightmare” has nothing to do with horses
- Autonomous vs. independent: control, decisions, and support
- What is a bibliotaph?
- Useful, helpful, beneficial, advantageous, valuable and invaluable: how to choose
- Abstruse vs. obtuse vs. obscure vs. esoteric vs. arcane vs. recondite
- The origin of “once in a blue moon”
- Six ways to talk about privacy and secrecy in English
- Curious, inquisitive, intrigued, nosy, prying, or meddlesome?
- Questionable vs. dubious: doubt, trust, and uncertainty
- Capable, competent, skilled, proficient, accomplished and expert: how to choose
- The origin of “on the lam”
- Fudgel, goldbrick, sham, shirk, skive and slack: choosing the right verb
- Practical vs. practicable: useful or possible?
- Complex vs. intricate vs. complicated vs. convoluted vs. tortuous vs. Byzantine
- The origin of “the straw that broke the camel’s back”
- The origin and meaning of “on pins and needles”
- Method vs. methodology: choosing the right word
- The 6 Types of Adverbs and How to Use Them
- Full, filled, packed, crowded, crammed, and overflowing: What’s the difference?
- Will, must, should, may, might and could: choosing the right modal
- Grub, chow, food, fare, cuisine, and gastronomy: how to choose
- The origin and meaning of “on a shoestring”
- Cheesy vs. corny vs. hokey vs. schmaltzy vs. kitschy vs. tacky
- Assure, ensure, insure, reassure, guarantee, and secure: how to choose
- “Affect” and “effect” can both be nouns and verbs
- The origin of “old chestnut”
- Semordnilaps: words that become new words backward
- Notice, realize, recognize, perceive, discern, and detect: How to choose
- Sensuous vs. sensual: choosing the right word
- The origin of “not worth a tinker’s damn”
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