by Jill Ellis | Feb 27, 2023 | Words, Writing
Weird Words of the Year to wonder about Every year, the world’s leading dictionaries add new words. It’s quite the tradition. We’ve been inventing new words since we were grunting at each other. We still grunt at each other, but we also talk at and to each other now,... 
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Writing
Dictionaries perfectly summarize a year with just one word Every year, the world’s leading dictionaries add new words. It’s quite the tradition. We’ve been inventing new words since we were grunting at each other. We still grunt at each other, but we... 
by Jill Ellis | Jul 15, 2021 | Writing
No, it’s not the beginning of a bad joke or patronizing statement That statement is my take on the foundation of communication because there are fundamentally two types of communication styles: introverts and extroverts. Oh yes, there are a lot of shadings and nuances... 
by admin | Feb 9, 2021 | Writing
If you really hate me go ahead and misuse these words Almost everyone’s guilty of nearly unpardonable sins, such as confusing their/they’re/there, use/utilize and then/than. We must earn forgiveness by using the English language properly, not abusing it.... 
by Jill Ellis | Dec 30, 2020 | Writing
‘Pandemic’ is, not surprisingly, the word of the year for 2020, according to the folks at Merriam Webster. It’s cousins COVID (not really a word but an acronym) and virus are right up there, too. Every year, the world’s leading dictionaries add new words.... 
by Jill Ellis | Apr 22, 2020 | Writing
Parts of speech Or how to tell one fucking word from another For many this is a real eye-roller! When the teacher started talking about parts of speech, we would think, “Who cares! This is not something I’ll need to use in a job or real life.” But parts of speech are...
