English, a language spoken globally, throughout its existence has played pivotal role in making people to be concerned about the importance of education and literature. I am one of those kids whose story is intriguing, at the same time miserable too. This paragraph is going to disclose plenty of experiences that I had from the beginning to now, about how English as a second language was conquered. I was not keen on studying from class 1 to 8 then one day I went through a moment, which made me curious to learn. I could not read even a single word… The post How I Learned English – A student’s St ..read more

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Book Name: The Pathans Writer: Ghani Khan Genre: semi-autobiography and cultural history The booklet contains all one needs to know about the tribe called the Pathans(Pashtoons, Pakhtoons). The first few chapters of the booklet sketch the history of the Pathans: cultural, ethnic, religious heritage. He consults the earliest known historian Herodotus to find out the tribe’s history but is left unsatisfactory. The tribe, according to BaBa, is a mixture of all those who have crossed Asia and came into their land: Greek, Turks, Arabs, etc. Each and every uninvited race left its colors on them. The ..read more

What is wordle? Wordle is an online teaser that lies somewhere between a crossword and a sudoku puzzle. How to play wordle The objective of the game is to guess the secret word in six tries, using a series of hints to figure it out. If any of your letters are highlighted as green, that means that you’ve got the right letter in the right place. If any of the letters are highlighted as yellow, that means that those letters are in the word, but they’re currently in the wrong place. Finally, if any of your letters are highlighted as grey, it… The post Wordle word of the day: Jan 8, 2022 ..read more

Prefixing a- to verb forms ending in -ing, as in a-hunting and a-fishing, was once fairly common in vernacular US speech, particularly in the highland areas of the South and in the Southwest. Such verb forms derive from an Old English construction in which a preposition, usually on, was placed in front of a verbal noun—a verb to which -ing had been added to indicate that the action was extended or ongoing. Gradually such prepositions were shortened to a-.  The -ing forms came to be regarded as present participles r ..read more

There is some overlap in the uses of especially and specially. In the broadest terms, both words mean ‘particularly’, and the preference for one word over the other is linked with particular conventions of use rather than with any deep difference in meaning. For example, there is little to choose between written especially for Jonathan and written specially for Jonathan and neither is more correct than the other. On the other hand, in sentences such as he despised them all, especially Sylvester, specially is found in informal uses but should not be used in written English, while in the car… Th ..read more

You might have heard accent coaches like Eric Singer talk about lexical sets when teaching accents. Dialect coaches also use these to compare different accents. What makes “bath” and “path” so alike but “cloth” and “pot” so different? Table of Contents What is a Lexical Set? A lexical set consists of a group of words that have the same pronunciation for a certain sound, especially a vowel. Example The lexical set LOT contains all the words that have the same vowel as the word lot. Some of these words are pot, shot, not, and jot. A speaker who uses the /ɒ/… The post A Complete Guide to Lex ..read more

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Mi familia no es muy grande ni muy pequeña. Somos cinco personas: mi abuela, mis padres, mi hermano Juan y yo. Juan es mi hermano mayor. Tiene ya veinte años. Estudia económicas. Nos llevamos muy bien, aunque de niños siempre peleábamos. No le gusta mucho leer, prefiere escuchar música. A mí, sí, yo soy de letras. Mi padre tiene cuarenta y cinco años. Trabaja en una empresa comercial. Vuelve a casa muy tarde y muy cansado, y en seguida se pone a ver las telenoticias. Mi madre se casó muy joven, tiene sólo cuarenta años. Es profesora, por eso tiene… The post Mi Familia – Beginner Spanish Story ..read more

Have you ever wanted to build your own bicycle? Spanish architecture company Arquimaña has released designs for OpenBike that anyone can download for free. People can take the designs to a local manufacturer, where the bike frame can be cut out of plywood, and other parts — such as the bike seat — can be 3D printed. Some parts also need to be bought separately or recycled from old bikes, including the wheels and pedals. People can also change and add to the designs. For example, they could add a rack to carry items, or an extra seat for a… The post Download and Build Your Own Wooden Bicycle ap ..read more