Sometimes, the best way to learn a rule is to see what happens when it's broken. Here are ten self-contradicting writing rules, (mostly) originally published by George Trigg and William Safire. Let's work through them and see what they can teach us.
Or should I say "good". It seems that young teenagers of the 21st century have come up with all sorts of bizarre slang terms. They say things that meant something completely different when I was growing up (and I'm only 19!).
Idioms are a wonderful, and at times wacky, part of everyday speech, and a great number of them involve health, illness and disease. How many do you know? Let's play and find out.
Artwork is a reflection of the artist's perception of the world around him. I will give you some works of art and you will provide the artist who created them.
I'm always highly entertained at the perplexed look on the faces of overseas visitors who hear our accent for the first time. Here are ten examples of same. Good luck!
Again we lower the bucket into that reservoir of vocabulary where the doubling of the sound makes the word stick in our minds. But can you always sort out the meaning? Come on,join the "jet-set" !
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What is another name for the "pipes" above the stage that can hold flying scenery, lights, or other stage props?
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No, it's not a rhetorical question! Think you can complete these ten idioms? You're on!
