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Onomatopoeia words are words which sound like the action they describe, like splash, crash, and swoosh for example.  Many...

Some of you are learning about collective nouns here at EC English Language School. One of the many oddities...

Recently, we talked about 12 of the most commonly-used prefixes in the English language. Today, we’re going to talk...

Articles can be confusing. 'A' doctor or 'the' doctor? 'The' eraser or 'an' eraser? Don't worry... the rules are...

Inspired by the Golden Gate Bridge, here are 10 simple rules of the English Sentence: A sentence is a...

Do you have trouble saying words like “perfect”, “pray”, “feel”, and “fan”? If so, here are a few tips,...

Minimal pairs are two words distinguished by only one 'phoneme'. The phoneme is a unit of sound in speech,...

Hi everyone, Did you have a nice weekend? What did you do? Where did you go? Did you know...

Gist Gist is the overall meaning, the core idea, of a spoken or written discourse. When taking a quick look...