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Eggcorns
see source in image The misuse of certain phrases in English is something that really gets my goat. Some examples: baited breath instead of bated breath here here instead of hear hear step foot instead...
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Difference between Trafficking and Smuggling
My students ask this question fairly often so I am going to post some information here with some links at the bottom to help: Is people smuggling the same as human trafficking? No. While people...
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The idiosyncrasies of English
I looked a bit further into this one: If something is flammable it means it can be set fire to, such as a piece of wood. However, inflammable means that a substance is capable of bursting into flames...
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Why English is so hard to learn
…although, to be fair, I think all languages have something that is difficult to learn. Swedish has the extra letters ö,å,ä which affect pronunciation, and I can never remember, because the same word...
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English contradictions
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Dinner, supper or tea?
Following on from entrée vs entrée, there is the tea divide in the UK and Ireland. My former mother-in-law used to use the word tea for the evening meal. I am not sure whether language, over time, has...
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