Monthly Archives: August 2013
Dictionaries: Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO)
We’ve been talking a lot about dictionaries here and another thing I often talk about to my students is how English language – or, rather, every language in use – is changing all the time, for this very reason: the … Continue reading
Grammar: Comparative and Google Poetics
“Type a few words into Google’s search bar and you’ll see four predictive suggestions pop up in the space just below. It’s a bit of technology the search giant calls Google Instant: ‘a search enhancement that shows results as you … Continue reading
Dictionaries: One Look
Out of habit rather than preference, I always look up either the Macmillan dictionary or the Free Dictionary, which are both rather good as we know. But there are times we can get no satisfaction in one dictionary only, there … Continue reading
“I’ve been in airplanes that have aborted both takeoffs and landings. They aren’t fun. I’ve seen a lot of things happen on flights that you wouldn’t believe. But until you experience it, you really never see flight attendants in action. … Continue reading
English as a Foreign Language 