Here you’ll find various interesting facts, mind maps, word comparisons, and other helpful posts that can help you improve your English.
- 29/04/26: Why “sinister” and “dexter” started as left and right
- 29/04/26: Where “fat cat” comes from, and what it means
- 29/04/26: For all intents and purposes: the original phrase
- 28/04/26: Why daisy means “day’s eye”
- 28/04/26: How punctuation controls pace in writing
- 27/04/26: Nip it in the bud: the original phrase and meaning
- 27/04/26: Why nightmare has nothing to do with horses
- 27/04/26: Beck and call: the original phrase
- 26/04/26: Why “cupboard” sounds like “cubbard”
- 26/04/26: What confirmshaming means, and why it is manipulative
- 26/04/26: Moot point, not mute point
- 26/04/26: Why “kudos” looks plural but did not begin that way
- 25/04/26: Deep-seated: the original phrase and why people write deep seeded
- 25/04/26: Why “none” can be singular or plural
- 25/04/26: Toe the line: the original phrase and what it means
- 25/04/26: Groak: the word for staring at someone who is eating
- 25/04/26: Nerve wracking or nerve racking, both can be correct
- 24/04/26: Why “husband” originally meant “householder”
- 24/04/26: Why decimate no longer means only one tenth
- 24/04/26: Why “very unique” is not always wrong
- 24/04/26: Why “earworm” is called an earworm
- 23/04/26: Why “marijuana” is often called the only English word with a silent j
- 23/04/26: What the philtrum is, and where it is on the face
- 23/04/26: Pareidolia: why people see faces in clouds, toast, and plug sockets
- 23/04/26: Why Joan Didion used “xx” while drafting
- 23/04/26: Alliteration: how repeated beginning sounds shape writing
- 22/04/26: No number before 1000 contains the letter A.
- 22/04/26: What ultracrepidarian means, and when to use it
- 22/04/26: Dove and dived: both are correct
- 22/04/26: Why P.O.S.H. probably is not the origin of “posh”
- 21/04/26: Why “OK” may be the most successful joke in English
- 21/04/26: Why some English nouns exist only in the plural
- 21/04/26: How “broadcast” went from scattering seed to radio
- 21/04/26: Defenestrate: what it means and how to use it
- 21/04/26: Why “gargoyle” is related to “gargle”
- 20/04/26: Why “dunce” is named after Duns Scotus
- 20/04/26: Why receipt has a silent p
- 20/04/26: Why “guy” comes from Guy Fawkes
- 19/04/26: Why “paparazzi” comes from a movie character
- 19/04/26: Why English uses “do” in questions like “Do you know?”
- 19/04/26: Why “goodbye” used to be a blessing
- 19/04/26: Why “sarcasm” literally means “to tear flesh”
- 19/04/26: Why mortgage means “death pledge”
- 18/04/26: The interrobang: when a question mark and exclamation point join
- 17/04/26: Why just deserts is not about dessert
- 17/04/26: Why English depends so much on word order
- 17/04/26: Free rein: why this phrase is about horses, not rulers
- 15/04/26: What is a simile, and how does it work?
- 15/04/26: Why debt has a silent b
- 15/04/26: What jactitation means, and why it often referred to false claims of marriage
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