Vocabulary

“Rustle” is a  verb than means to make small noises often with your hands in your pockets.  Russle is actually not a word at all – it’s a name meant…

Professional environments are nerve-racking because you have to give solid, polite answers to any questions thrown your way. “How are you doing?” is one question you have to answer, so…

To determine which is correct in any usage you have to consider meaning. “Of Course” is a phrase that means yes, certainly, and without a doubt. You would use 2Of…

Describing somebody who has an eye for detail can be difficult. There’s no single word to describe such a person and many different words can be used depending on the…

Mine as well, might as well, and mind as well are three phrases that are commonly confused and misspelled, so which one is the correct answer? Mine as well and…

When you’re trying to describe the fact that something is valuable enough or deserving of a certain amount of effort or cost, should you say “it worth it” or “it…

The chances are pretty good that you don’t hear the word “marmalise” in everyday conversation, but maybe you’ve come across it in a novel, in a song, or overheard it…

If you have an Irish grandmother or ever read Ulysses, James Joyce’s challenging literary masterpiece, you might have run across the intriguing phrase, “wigs on the green.” This old-fashioned term…

The saying ‘monkey’s wedding’ refers to when a rain shower occurs whilst the sun shines. It comes from the Zulu phrase “umshado wezinkawu” which translates to “a wedding [for] monkeys”.…

Both terms, “sha’n’t” and “shan’t” are correct, but the term “shan’t” has always been more popular.  These words have both been known to be used to describe the colloquial contraction…