Afleveringen
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There are plenty of people out there who see "utilize" as a pretentious substitute for "use." However, some people are completely comfortable utilizing the verb "utilize."
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There’s the “yea” in voting “yea” or “nay," and then there’s the celebratory “Yay!" Oh yeah, there's also "yeah."
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. There are a lot of ways to spell "whoa."
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You could say, "I don't like him singing," or you could say, "I don't like his singing." Believe it or not, some folks have very strong feelings about which of those is correct.
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It's all so grammatically straight forward in the present tense if you plead innocent. Later on though, should you tell people you "pleaded" innocent or "pled" innocent?
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The sign at the grocery store said “can goods,” not “canned goods.”
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We keep track of things, we lose track of things, we run track, and listen to tracks. Sometimes though, we confuse “track” with “tract.”
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Alls our listener wanted to know is what's going on with the “alls” in “alls I know.”
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Technically, not everyone you buy real estate from is a realtor.
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The summer sped by and the car sped off, but perhaps we speeded up the process.
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A bare-faced lie may also be bald. Sometimes, it may even be bold.
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It doesn't seem like coming up with a response to "thank you" should be that complicated. When you think about it though, there are a lot of options.
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Even for speakers who feel solid about the distinction between "lie" and "lay," they may lose that distinction when "low" is added to the mix.
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All right, last week, we got distracted by the versatility of "all right." This week, we look at why spelling it as one word, "alright," makes some people really mad.
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All right, all right. It's time for us to start talking about whether "alright" is all right.
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Wait, wait, don't tell me I can't wait on things.
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While now we may think of being a bookworm as a positive trait, that hasn't always been the case.
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Social media has made a couple of longstanding English verbs work or mean differently.
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If you want to pronounce "homage" to a tee, it may depend what you mean.
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As we live our lives, there's some new slang words that can help us narrate it as we go. That is, if we're in a demographic that allows us to use slang credibly.