Math has become easier than ever now that we have calculators at our fingertips and as part of our phones. But dealing with numbers that mean something is easy. The number 0, due to its multiple properties, can certainly stump a lot of people. Zero is a rational number because it is an integer. An …
You may think you know what the phrase “humor me” means, but do you really? Although it may sound as if it has something to do with telling a joke, it actually doesn’t. A considerable number of the words and phrases that we use in English may sound like one thing but mean another. The …
When you travel to native English speaking countries or areas, you will hear common phrases and terms, like “Thank you,” for example, in very different ways. Expressions like these are sometimes colloquial, meaning that they are most commonly only used in specific areas or by certain people. Hearing someone thanking you by saying “Greatly appreciated” …
Oxygen is everywhere, and we cannot imagine life or survive without it. Yet, as omnipresent as it is on Earth, what fundamentally constitutes oxygen can leave the best of us gasping for air. Namely, is oxygen O2 or just O? Oxygen exists as two atoms in its stable molecular form and is written as O2 or …
Homophones can make the English language incredibly confusing, where one word sounds the same, but you can spell them differently and mean something completely different. For example, what is the correct way to use “What are you up to” or “What are you up too”? “What are you up to?” is the right way to …
Mastering the English language has many facets, and getting your tenses right is one of the most fundamental. As with all languages, there are first rules to learn and then nuances and exceptions that we must consider. English tenses can be very challenging, especially when there are so many anomalies, like the difference between have …