by sheila_admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Varieties Of English, Vocabulary & Spelling
There are several major varieties of English: American, British, Australian and so on. This article looks at differences in spelling between these. It is a general guide which covers the majority of cases, however remember that there are exceptions which will need...
by sheila_admin | May 30, 2013 | The ICAL TEFL Blog
How many words do you know? There’s a fascinating web project which hopes to find out not only how many words you know, but how many words everyone else knows as well. Since it began it’s measured over 2 million people and the results have just been...
by sheila_admin | Sep 29, 2012 | Parts Of Speech, Vocabulary & Spelling
A compound word is a word made up from two or more other words joined together. They are often created to describe a new concept or idea and are thus neologisms. As a simple example, take the words foot and ball. These were brought together to describe the game:...
by sheila_admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Vocabulary & Spelling
An abbreviation (from the Latin, brevis, meaning short.) is a shortened form of a word or phrase used almost exclusively in print. For example: LOL = laugh out loud mins = minutes abbrv = abbreviation As you can see, abbreviations are often either the full word...
by sheila_admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Linguistics
Converse Terms are pairs of words which refer to the same thing but from opposite sides. Take for example the picture on the right. There is one action taking place here: a balloon is being passed between two people. However, we can describe this action in different...