Whatever Happened to the Parts of Speech?
The parts of speech haven't disappeared from English grammar, but they have been reconsidered, reorganized, and (in some cases) renamed--as lexical categories, syntactic categories, and word classes.
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All You Need To Know About "Todo" in Spanish
How to use the Spanish word 'todo.'
What Is Slang (and What's Wrong With It)?
Slang is an informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined and rapidly changing words and phrases.
French Food Vocabulary - La nourriture
Eating is fundamental and can also be highly enjoyable. Learn this French vocabulary related to food so that you can eat your favorite foods in France.
How to Make Predictions With Playing Cards
If you want to learn to foretell the future, consider cartomancy. Cartomancy utilizes playing cards to tell the future. Playing cards are useful divination tools that can be traced to cartomancy since the early 1600's. This guide will show you how to use a basic 52-card deck to make predictions.
Verbs and Expressions with de
The preposition de tends to be very difficult for French students. This lesson explains when to use de by itself vs when to use du, de la, or des after verbs and expressions that require de.
Word of the Day - betsu
Learn a new Japanese word every day.
Practice in Punctuating Adjective Clauses
After reading the article on Subordination With Adjective Clauses, review the guidelines below and then complete the punctuation exercise that follows.
Different Voicemail Greetings
Whether you use a home, office or cell phone, you'll face the dilemma of recording a voicemail greeting. Different voicemail greetings can be crisp and professional if you're taking business calls, warm and funny if the greeting only connects to your personal line, or off-the-wall if you take the ti
Word of the Day: Milagro
Learn a new Spanish word each day.
Learn Spanish - Tips For Quick Learning
Even someone who has never tried to learn a different language can learn Spanish. The fact is, anyone can learn to speak a new language, as long as they are willing to give it some serious study. Being able to speak more than one language gives you an instant advantage in many ways.
Renvoyer - to dismiss, fire
Learn how to conjugate renvoyer, a stem-changing French verb.
Third Conjugation Italian Verbs
Third conjugation Italian verbs with conjugation charts and grammar notes. Includes workbook exercises on third conjugation Italian verbs with answer key.
Classer - to file, classify; to grade
Learn how to conjugate classer, a regular -er French verb.
Word of the Day - ueru
Learn a new Japanese word every day.
School Subjects
Learn the Mandarin Chinese names of common school subjects with this Mandarin vocabulary list, complete with audio clips for pronunciation and listening comprehension.
What Are Hypernyms?
Hypernym is a linguistic term for a word whose meaning includes the meanings of other words.
How to Learn English in 21 Days
English is often labeled as one of the hardest languages to master, primarily due to the various similarities in spelling and pronunciation for many words. Learning English in only 21 days will take consistent practice and hard work. There are several strategies you can use that will help make your
Samuel Johnson's Classic Essay on Books
Johnson argues in this short essay that the "multiplication of books" doesn't necessarily lead to the advance of "happiness or knowledge."