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.
The main difference between the two is:
Quotation marks are used to report speech.
An apostrophe is used for making contractions and possession.
It’s not likely you’ll mix them up, but keep in mind, apostrophes appear alone and quotation marks appear in twos!
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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