English

A young non-native speaker of English just got hired in a multinational company as an intern.  As she was reading her first email from her manager, she suddenly got caught up with a line that read “…please don’t forget to cc me…” Three hours later, she was still searching for relevant information about “cc,” and …

Gratitude is a large part of what makes us human. It’s something we’ve talked about before, but it’s also something that we will keep coming back to time and time again. After all, one of the first things we learn as children is how to say thank you. For instance, whenever someone would do something …

English punctuation can be confusing. There are so many rules, and plenty of these rules are so nuanced that they really boil down to your own personal judgment. For instance, while the rules for some commas are clear cut, e.g. a comma should separate two independent clauses, other rules require figuring what is and isn’t …

If you’ve ever played any game of cards in your life, you know how important secrecy is. If you show your hand at the wrong time, you could end up losing the entire game. This is why you want to play your cards close to the chest. Oh… wait. I meant this is why you …

In today’s world, empathy is a very rare quality to find in people. Everybody is concerned only about themselves and their life. We live in a world that glamorizes selfishness and encourages us to only focus on ourselves and become successful. The world lacks empathy and needs more of it. To understand another person’s pain, …

We humans love to label the things we experience in the world. We label them as “new” or “old,” such as when we talk about houses; other times, we describe them as “big” or “small,” such as when we talk about hills. We might refer to smells in the air as “fragrant” or “stinky.” Another …

How do we show our affection to another person through language? And, are words powerful enough to make third-party individuals feel good about us and themselves through a “forwarded message?” But of course! We do this all the time without even noticing it, such as when we “give our regards” to a person through a …

Do we really care about someone when we use the abbreviation “care of,” which is abbreviated as “c/o,” in our business letters and parcel details? Why are we even using this? And, what function does it serve in the written world? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right site to search for some answers.  Please …

Throughout history, creating casts and labeling people according to their appearances or choices have been very frequent in many communities. With time, conceptions of things changed as well as our relationships with one another. Also, through centuries, many terms have changed their connotations or weigh especially in progressive societies, where personal freedoms are enforced in …