04/24/12 News Roundup
Can you categorize stative verbs? You’ll be able to with the cheat sheet from Constance Hale. Also in today’s News Roundup: being wary of vague job offers, getting to know Mary Poppins’ special word,...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Sonnets Stored in DNA
It’s not enough to have a love of the Bard in your blood. Soon you may need to have a backup copy of his works stored in DNA.read more
View Article“Yet Words Do Well”: Shakespeare’s Contribution to Your Vocabulary
But what care I for words? Yet words do well When he that speaks them pleases those that hear.As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5read more
View ArticleWord Gallimaufry: Shakespeare in Your Vocab
Have you properly marveled at how many words of Shakespeare (whose birthday we celebrated this week) are now a part of your everyday English? It’s not just household words that the Bard contributed; he...
View ArticleVocab: Shades of Green and Meaning
The shades of green being displayed in department stores this season are lovely, but I admit they’ve inspired more digging in my dictionary than in my pocketbook. green (noun) 1 : a color whose hue is...
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