Think of eating mashed potatoes and sausage three times a day, seven days a week, and three thousand six hundred and fifty days a decade. Now, think of savoring a bowl of creamy and buttery homemade pomme puree, together with two pieces of freshly grilled Bratwursts as often as I enumerated earlier. Which meal set …
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“Correlate” is a verb you will often encounter while reading about scientific research. It indicates that two things are related. You might see people use both “correlate with” and “correlate to.” How do you know which one to use? This is another one of those usages that is not consistent even among native speakers. In …
They say wisdom comes with age, which may help explain why some of the best advice we hear has been passed down through the centuries and comes to us in the form of well-worn proverbs and adages. While there is certainly something to be gained from ancient wisdom, much of the language used in old …
When was the last time you told somebody you were grateful to them about something? It’s important to express gratitude when someone has done something nice for you. Sometimes, it’s enough to just say “thank you.” However, sometimes you might want to go a step further and express to someone how genuinely grateful you are …
Calling someone on the telephone has changed a lot over the years since this technology was first introduced over 100 years ago. In fact, where we once had frequently-called phone numbers memorized, these days, we often don’t know the numbers of our family members or best friends since we usually just touch their name in …
Modern email culture has changed how we communicate with one another. The ability to send and receive information at all hours of the day is something our ancestors could only have dreamed of, and we certainly owe much to this relatively new technology. Despite the many advantages of email, it is worth considering how we …
The idiom “errands to run” can be confusing the first time you see it. Who is running where? In fact, however, it has a fairly straightforward meaning. It means undertaking a short journey to complete one or several tasks. Idioms are a group of words that have a figurative meaning that is difficult to deduce …
You can’t expect all people, natives and non-natives alike, to know every word in the dictionary, let alone combine these words to create all possible sentence variations. This is why language learning websites like ours tirelessly seek the best topics to create articles from, just like the one you’re reading right now. In formal …
Are you having a hard time making a good impression in your upcoming interview at a prospective school or company? Or, you’ve already come across the expression “I am looking forward to the interview,” but you don’t want to use it because it kind of sounds formulaic and worn-out? Worry no more because we’ve got …