It’s now January, and we often look back at the previous year to think about all the events of the last twelve months. For English students like you, and some language nerds like myself, probably the most useful thing to…

There are two verbs in the English language that get frequently confused, they are the verbs ‘do’ and ‘make’. Both of them imply activity but they are used in different ways. As a general rule ‘do’ refers to activities or…

The word slang – where did it come from? It’s a common misconception that the word ‘slang’ is a shortened version of two words – shortened language. This would actually make the word ‘slang’ a kind of slang word in itself! However,…