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AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 23 Aug 19

I know that English isn't the first language of many people here, so perhaps shoddy isn't a word that everyone knows. Today, a person might say "That's shoddy work!" meaning that the appearance of something is inferior or badly...

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Have you noticed that some of the days of the week have the name of some planets / stars?

Cristian Ichim @Cristi_Ichim (3750) • Bucharest, Romania 22 Aug 18

For example: 1. Sunday = day of the Sun (as it was called by the Roman Empire) 2. Monday = day of the Moon (as it was called by the Roman Empire) 3. Saturday = day of Saturn (as it was called by the Roman Emnpire). However, the...

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Your Favourite Word, Please.

Sparsh Sharma @Nihil90 (343) • Indore, India 13 Nov 16

My favourite word is 'Nihil', a Latin word which means 'nothing'. What is your favourite word and what does it mean? It could be from any language which may not necessarily be your mother tongue(as it is in my case).

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Oh What a Word Meaning !

rebel_woman06 @SIMPLYD (90717) • Philippines 7 Nov 16

Hubby and I were both in bed last night after dinner , him in his cellphone , surfing the net , while I was myLotting a little Then , suddenly I asked him what English word is appropriate for what I am going to use for a...

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Every day vs. Everday, Advice vs. Advise: Do you know the difference?

alexandrie @alexandrie (37) • Philippines 7 Apr 07

I'm an educator and compiling materials for young learners is one of my hobbies. Without running to google or asking your mamas, please tell me if you know the difference between the two sets of words. If no, what problems do you...

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Is teaching children to read letter-by-letter really a good system?

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 17 Feb 07

There is evidence that people don't actually read by sounding out each and every letter - that they in fact read the words' meanings first, and then translate the meanings into sounds. For example, how do you know how to pronounce...

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