Twitter is Top Word of 2009

Every year the Global Language Monitor – an Austin, Texas-based academic organization that documents, analyzes and tracks trends in the English language – selects top English words and phrases used the world over. To do this, it uses a special proprietary algorithm called Predictive Quantities Indicator, or PQI for short. PQI tracks words and phrases [...]

Writing Prompts of the Week – 6

Create stories, articles, or poems from the following prompts: 1. If you could invent something, what would it be? 2. You open an old chest in the attic and come across a strange looking object. What do you do? 3. Write a story revolving around these words – shell, rubber, wire, paper, and funny. 4. [...]

Resume versus Curriculum Vitae

There is often confusion between the words resume and curriculum vitae or CV in short. What exactly is the difference, or similarity, between a resume and a curriculum vitae? The main difference is in the use of the English language. In American English, used mainly in the U.S., Canada, and the Latin countries, a resume [...]

Quotes on Grammar

Some interesting quotes on grammar: *  I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.  ~ Carl Sandburg *   Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.  ~ William Safire *  English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgement, and [...]

Business Letter Writing

True, electronic mails are slowly taking over hand-written letters (ref: video below). This is indeed sad, because letters written by hand, especially the personal ones, have (or is it had?) their own charm… a personal touch, the touch of hands, both of the writer and the reader. But I don’t think e-mails can completely take [...]