So what does it mean if someone calls you dog in English? Is it positive or negative? The answer is; it could be either! Like most things in English, context matters. Being called “dog”, “dawg”, or “doggy” can be a good thing, or it can be a bad thing. It all depends on the situation!
The plural for bus is buses. The confusion between buses and busses likely comes from situations where English words double their final consonant. English nouns don’t do this. It happens most often for English verbs. Busses was once acceptable as a plural for bus, but it has since fallen out of use.
Without a doubt, the best letter in English is thorn (Þ/ þ). This little letter put in a lot of work during English’s earlier times; It could replace common words like the and that. It is also surprisingly close to modern English Y. Thorn may be gone, but its legacy lives on even in popular culture.
Nowadays, with auto-correct and easier typing, you see a lot less “R”s and a lot more “are”s. English texting has come a long way. While you may still see some acronyms, you can text by writing grammatically complete and accurate sentences. Apps like Google’s Gboard simplify this.
It may come as a surprise to you to learn, but the names of all the months in English are borrowed from another language. Yes, it’s true! Every single one. English speakers receive the names of the months from Latin, which was the language spoken by the ancient Romans over two thousand years ago.
English has a long, rich history, and if you know where to look you can find some of that amazing history sitting in words we use every day! A long time ago, English wasn’t the international language we know today. It was only spoken by a group of people known as the Anglo-Saxons in the … Read more
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