All Entries in the "Grammar" Category
Words To Know Version 3
This is the archive of my 3rd set of Words To Know. This is the Words To Know Contest. hirsute \HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective: Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy. sesquipedalian \ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\, adjective: 1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words. 2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables. bete [...]
Win An Easy 20$ With Words To Know!
Hello everyone, the good news, is that, Words To Know is actually, a little easier than New Word Monday. Instead of having 5 new words, in which all have to be used in a comment. You get your choice of 10 new words (these words can be found on my Words To Know page). But [...]
Grammar Girl An Internet Success Story
Before I began blogging I was listening to podcasts. One that stood out to me was the Grammar Girl Podcast which answers many of those sticky word usage questions, we all have when speaking and writing English. The brains behind the Grammar Girl Podcast and the Quick And Dirty Tips Network is Mignon Fogarty. Mignon [...]
New Word Monday Is Now — Words To Know!
Some of you may be familiar with my New Word Monday Page. In order to have a more flexible blog schedule, my New Word Monday is now Words To Know. It will still be full of notable words that aren’t commonly used, and I will still have the comment contests. I will just have more [...]
2nd New Word Monday Archive
Pièce de résistance – The most noteworthy or prized feature. A special item or attaction. au contraire – French for on the contrary. On the opposite or adverse side. bouleversement – \bool-vair-suh-MAWN\, noun: Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down. obstreperous \uhb-STREP-uhr-uhs; ob-\, adjective: 1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly. 2. Noisy, clamorous, or [...]
Brush Up On Your Grammar With Grammar Ninja
I found this game for learning and practicing grammer. I’ll link to it, instead of embedding it, because it has background music, that plays without being clicked on. If you want to learn and practice grammer, check out Grammar Ninja.
Cosmopolitan?
My last New Word Monday Word. We have all heard the word Cosmopolitan. But do we know what it actually means? Simply put it is being open to other cultures. cos·mo·pol·i·tan /ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtn/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. free from local, provincial, or national ideas, [...]
New Word Monday Archive #1
Portmanteau – A word that fuses two or more words or word parts together, to give a combined meaning, formed by both sounds and meaning. Spoon and Fork = Spork, Technological and Literati= Technorati. Capricious – Subject to whim, impulsive and unpredictable. Determined by chance, impulse, or whim, rather than by necessity. Obfuscate - To [...]
Too or To?
I’ve noticed, when I’m writing, that sometimes I suspect, I’ve been using To or Too, incorrectly. Nothing in English is simple. But I’ll try to give the simplest explanation, so I won’t question my usage of To or Too, anymore. And hopefully some of you will pick up some pointers as well. “To” is a [...]
