Do you know the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives? Read on to learn more! We use comparative adjectives when we are comparing two things or people. Superlative adjectives are ...

In today's EXCELLENT class, Múinteoir John told us about all the AMAZING words we can use to make our sentences INTERESTING to read. An adjective is a describing word. In the sentence above, EXCELLENT ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas.

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It is a lovely warm August day outside, and I am wearing a green loose top. Does the second part of that sentence sound strange to you? Perhaps you think I should have written “loose green top.” ...

Hwang Minsu from Korea writes: What is the difference in meaning between impossible mission and mission impossible? In English, many adjectives, including past participles, can come before or after ...

THE word 'super' is intended to denote greatness and superiority but now it is turning into the s-word. Lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary say there has been a rise in the number of times ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Language, a journal of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), has appeared continuously since 1925 (4 issues per year). It ...