With the advent of the digital age, the use of acronyms and abbreviations in online messaging has taken the world by storm. Often used as a method to reduce the length of messages, many new acronyms have popped up, such as “lol”, “jk” and “ykyk”. The abbreviation “ykyk”, is used liberally in informal, written online …
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One of the things that makes English so intriguing and frustrating is its tendency to borrow from other languages. This is part of what explains how English became widely diffused. English never throws anything away. As a result, there are lots of esoteric skills like understanding how to use hence in a sentence. Another example …
A job rejection could give us one of the most obnoxious feelings in this world because it may stimulate the impression that we may not be good enough for a certain role. But, expectedly enough, most, if not all, people have experienced some form and degree of rejection at least once in their lifetime. That …
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. – An excerpt from Helen Lowrie Marshall’s poem, Afterglow. In this poem about saying one’s final goodbyes, the poet asks, why can’t departures be celebrated? Why should we not celebrate …
You are writing, and you’ve come to a point wherein you need to use a particular word. But, as you keep on going, you suddenly want to use a word that means “non-professional” to express an idea that’s dangling in your head more precisely. You remember the word “mature,” which means “old enough.” However, you …
If you’re looking for a job where you don’t need experience to get started but there is a lot of room to grow into an interesting and lucrative career, banking is a good place to start. In fact, while many banks will require a bachelor’s degree for an entry-level position, at others, even a high-school …
Sometimes, knowing the definition of a word is not really enough. Sometimes, you also need to see how it can be used in various types of sentences to really understand it. In the blog post below, we’ll show you some examples of how “analyze” is used in a sentence. This will help you rest easy …
The English lexicon is overflowing with baffling expressions just like “luckily for you” and “lucky for you,” wherein the latter is just a syllable shorter than the former. There’s really no one to blame because of how tiny, to the point of being almost negligible, the differences between these two phrases are. But then again, …
Getting an airline job can be tough because this is the type of job that many people want. Many people are drawn to these positions because they want the perks of cheap or free travel that many airlines offer employees. While the work is hard, the perks make these jobs worthwhile for many people. Of …