In these days of communicating by text or video calls, there are still reasons to write letters. You might write a cover letter for a poetry submission, or you might write an open letter if there is an issue you feel strongly about. However, there are still reasons to write personal letters as well. A …
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Although widely used and clear enough in terms of meaning, “Thank you for checking on me” may sometimes come off as an inappropriate message. Why so? Well, that’s likely because we share different levels of relationships with those people who may check up on us. To avoid sending out-of-place gratitude messages, we have listed twenty …
Conjunctions. Yeah, the notorious ones. Not everybody likes them, but they are extremely helpful cohesive devices in any language. Albert Einstein once said, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Without conjunctions, the flow of our ideas would be just as disorganized …
Cover letters are required for many different types of job applications, but job postings rarely include any guidance on what is expected to be included in these letters. This can leave you wondering exactly what you should write, especially when it seems like you’ve put all the relevant information in your resume already. We’ll help …
There are three main types of conjunctions: Coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions. In this article, we will tackle correlative conjunctions. Let’s dive right into it, starting with our quick answer as usual. What are correlative conjunctions? Correlative conjunctions are the conjunctions that come in pairs and are inseparable. They are very useful …
“Chief, I’ve got news for you,” says the petite intern journalist as she barged into the newsroom. “Seventy-eight people were actually on board the ship that sank,” she continued. The gorgeous thirty-five-ish bachelor editor-in-chief placidly, yet sarcastically, responded, “Shouldn’t you call that ‘newses’ instead?” If you got here on our site after reading something like …
The first question we usually ask people when we first meet them is “What do you do?” Knowing what a person does for a living allows us an insight into what they spend most of their days doing. It also helps us place them in a social context. Work is a necessary constant for most …
“I’m really confused.” “I can’t understand this.” “This is too hard for me!” These are different phrases we usually utter when we’ve got ourselves stuck into something we can’t figure out. But have you noticed how mainstream these phrases sound? Surely, if you want to expand the horizons of your language, speak more eloquent English …
From landlines to multi-platform messaging apps like WhatsApp, the telecommunications industry has come a long way. But one thing that remains fairly constant is the area codes that precede phone numbers. While most area codes are assigned to specific places, some are set aside for special services which include but are not limited to toll-free …