The other day while reading an article on Triond I was reminded that despite UK and USA sharing a language, we often do not share the same spelling and the meaning can differ significantly.

Every now and then, we find ourselves in the position where we either have to expect some criticism from others, or give it. When you’re giving it, there are some unsaid rules that everyone should keep in mind.

Here is a suggestion that will help to keep a reader’s attention.

Rule in Grammar: Try to stay away from using Passive verbs. What is a Passive verb? Basically, a Passive verb is one where the subject of the sentence is doing the action. The teacher was eating a turkey sandwich. A better way of writing this sentence would be: The teacher ate a turkey sandwich. In this case, the subject of the sentence, teacher, is doing the action, which is eating the sandwich.

An excerpt from a book I’m writing for people who think they don’t like to read…

Get creative with the six longest words from beautiful English.

With the world becoming less and less dependent on good old fashioned pen-and-paper methods, and literacy standards dropping faster than any stock market in 2007, we are faced with a generation of young adults and youths that have developed grammatical habits with complete disregard for any sort of formal written structure.

Not only is the English language one of the most complex languages on the planet it is also one of the most verbose, awkward, and contradictory. That being said here are the five most commonly misspelled expressions in the English Language.

Some tips and tricks for fast language learning.

English is in my opinion, a great language.

Why do we make it sound not so great?