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Kari Lisa Johnson
June 1, 2020
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When you’re worrying over a game of Words with Friends or Scrabble, win more often by wrapping your head around the letter W.
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Kari Lisa Johnson
June 1, 2020
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When you’re worrying over a game of Words with Friends or Scrabble, win more often by wrapping your head around the letter W.
Maggie Cramer
May 31, 2020
common-phrases
Pennies from heaven: The expression sure sounds poetic, doesn’t it? But do you know what the phrase means?
Alanna Madden
May 30, 2020
grammar
The verbs emigrate and immigrate have opposite meanings. To emigrate is to leave one's country permanently.
Maggie Cramer
May 29, 2020
common-phrases
Many common words and expressions in modern American English are actually borrowed from Latin terms and phrases.
Alanna Madden
May 28, 2020
grammar
Was and were are past-tense forms of the verb ‘to be.’ Use ‘was’ for the first and third-person singular tenses (I, he, she, or it).
Maggie Cramer
May 27, 2020
common-phrases
Have you ever heard someone described as being “riled up” and wondered what it meant?
Kari Lisa Johnson
May 26, 2020
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By the time J. K. Rowling finished promoting the eighth book of the Harry Potter series, she'd accomplished a huge task.
Kari Lisa Johnson
May 25, 2020
common-questions
In the English language, we use a specific verb tense to indicate that an action happened in the past—either before something else or at a particular time.
Kari Lisa Johnson
May 24, 2020
common-questions
Pretend you're a hiring manager, flipping through a stack of resumes and cover letters.