Learning English

Why is it that so many British people pronounce the word “drawing” as “drawring”? This non-standard pronunciation is the result of (...)

In the figurative senses, a point of view and a viewpoint are essentially the same thing. They both refer to an attitude or a way of (...)

The only traditionally accepted way to write the expression “all right” (meaning “acceptable, satisfactory”) is as two separate words. (...)

The difference between “mum” and “mom” is the same as the one between “colour” and “color”—the former is used predominantly in British (...)

We know it from films: The main hero is dying in his friend’s arms, saying his last words. Then his eyes close, and the friend says, with (...)

If you read the dictionary definitions of the words intrinsic and inherent, you will probably come to the conclusion that they mean (...)

Long story short, the correct idiom is “invest time in something” (meaning “to put your time into something”): correct He invested a (...)

There are two common and three uncommon pronunciations of the digraph “oo”. In the early stages of the development of English, “oo” was (...)

Lie, lay, lied, laid, layed… Does it even matter? We understand each other anyway, right? In fact, it does matter. Using an incorrect (...)

Imagine you are about to buy a new phone and ask, “Does the phone support 4G connection?” You could anticipate the answer and immediately (...)