Language learning

If you are wondering whether you should say that something sounds “good to your ear” or “good to your ears”, rest assured that either (...)

It is very common to find double consonants in Italian. They have a different pronunciation than single consonants and usually change the (...)

A common mistake among non-native speakers is inappropriately using the word “of” after “all”. However, it would be wrong to say that this (...)

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

The Italian alphabet has 21 letters (when not counting letters with diacritical marks), out of which 5 are vowels and 16 consonants. As (...)

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 (...)

Verbs are important building blocks of most (if not all) human languages. They usually describe either actions or states of being, but (...)

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 (...)