English Language

The English language is a beautiful thing, but there are lots of ways it can trip you up!

Are you using the correct dash?

Dashes

By georgelthomas on 13 Nov 2018 • ( 2 )

Do you know the difference between a ‘hyphen’, an ‘en dash’ and an ’em dash’? Many people have never heard of ‘en’ and ’em dashes’ but alas, they exist and using them can sometimes be a little bit complicated because… Read More ›

Interesting Collective Nouns 2

By georgelthomas on 20 Sep 2018 • ( 1 )

After falling down another collective noun rabbit hole earlier today, I thought that I’d share another ten that jumped out at me. Interesting Collective Nouns 2 ‘Entrance’ is the collective name for a group of actresses. An entrance of actresses…. Read More ›

Confused Words 6

By georgelthomas on 20 Sep 2018 • ( 1 )

Hi everyone, here’s another round of commonly confused words! Loose, Lose Loose: this is the word you’d use when referring to something which has not been firmly fixed in place, or when talking about a piece of fabric or clothing… Read More ›

Interesting Collective Nouns

By georgelthomas on 23 Aug 2018 • ( 8 )

In my previous post, Odd Plurals, I spoke briefly about needing to find out the plural of octopus (if you’re wondering, it’s octopuses – not octopi) which led to me looking at plurals of other words. Today, I needed to… Read More ›

Odd Plurals

By georgelthomas on 22 Aug 2018 • ( 7 )

While I was writing this afternoon, I found myself needing to check what the plural for ‘octopus’ would be. I’ve always thought that you would say ‘one octopus, two octopi,’ however, I’ve come to learn that I have been using… Read More ›

Confused Words 5

By georgelthomas on 11 Aug 2018 • ( 0 )

Hi everyone here’s the latest post in my Confused Words series!

Confused Words 4

By georgelthomas on 16 Jun 2018 • ( 2 )

Hi everyone, today has been a slow day so I thought I’d post another round of confused words. They are: Mare, Mayor Mare: This is the word used to describe a female member of the equine animal family. For instance,… Read More ›

Word Classes

By georgelthomas on 6 Jun 2018 • ( 17 )

In language, all words are grouped into different categories or ‘classes’, and they can be confusing, with each class of word serving a specific function. Here are the main word classes we use in English: Nouns – a noun is… Read More ›

Confused Words 3

By georgelthomas on 12 Apr 2018 • ( 5 )

It’s been a little while since I last wrote a Confused Words post and there’s no time like the present, so here are some more words that are, for whatever reason, sometimes confused. Flew, Flu, Flue Flew: this is the… Read More ›

Confused Words 2

By georgelthomas on 18 Jan 2018 • ( 1 )

Hi everyone, here’s another post about words that are oft confused for various reasons and just as I have done with the Writing Tips posts, I’m switching to a numbering sequence in the title instead of a synonym for ‘more’… Read More ›