Here’s a bit of free grammar advice I found online, offered up by a self-appointed expert who thought he could help all us poor, misguided grammar ignoramuses: “‘Firstly’ isn’t a word.” This bold ...
The canonical use of -ish is as a suffix meaning “approximately,” as in bluish, tallish, sixish, or even hungry-ish. This is the definition—the only definition—that you’ll find in Merriam-Webster, ...
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word and changes the word's meaning. Some suffixes have specific uses. Narrator: I've told you, fur doesn't tan even when you're in ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. AMELIA: Hello. My name's Amelia. In this video, we will look at how to take words you already know and ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. If you die in some states and your son is appointed to handle your estate, he is the “executor.” If it’s your daughter ...
A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to make a new word. Here are some tips on using the suffixes '-able', '-ous' and '-ly'. The act of selling is a sale.
People love coining new words. And they love making good use of them—for a while anyway. Adultescence and Frankenstorm are just a couple of the creative blends that have once made it big but didn’t ...
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word and changes the word's meaning. Some suffixes have specific uses. Narrator: I've told you, fur doesn't tan even when you're in ...