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10 Tips, Tricks and Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google81

10 Tips, Tricks and Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google

Google is a company known for its ingenuity and sense of humor. Here is a list of some of the things that can be done with Google and its products.

11 comments    internet tips funny
How to Increase Your Vocabulary -- Improve Your Language Skills80

How to Increase Your Vocabulary -- Improve Your Language Skills

Want to sound articulate, knowledgeable, and keep appraised of the flow of information? Have you found yourself trying to explain a situation but you couldn't find the right word? Then you'll surely want to develop your vocabulary skills using these steps.

3 comments    communication word conversation
How to Teach Vocabulary79

How to Teach Vocabulary

As an English grammar and writing teacher, the last thing I want to do to my students is to overwhelm, frustrate, or bore them with a list of words and definitions to memorize. I have found that these methods and supplemental activities for teaching...

34 comments    greek roots latin
Lexicographical Expostulations: Naïve, Innocent, Ignorant, and Stupid80

Lexicographical Expostulations: Naïve, Innocent, Ignorant, and Stupid

This discourse concerns why these words are not really true synonyms and its importance for the proper use of language for the more precise communication of thoughts. Language, among other features, continually conflates many words or,...

1 comment    language middle ages synonym
Costa Rican Recipes Using Starfruit, aka Carambola79

Costa Rican Recipes Using Starfruit, aka Carambola

Three unique recipes from Costa Rica using the starfruit and more info about the origins and many different recipes that can be made.

2 comments    health photos recipe
Learn to Use Synonyms and Antonyms Effectively77

Learn to Use Synonyms and Antonyms Effectively

Three years ago, I have completed my compilation of a tri-lingual dictionary in Tagalog-Cebuano-English intended for Filipino users. The thing that makes it unique is the presentation of the synonyms right after the definitions of English...

0 comments    school word synonyms
IQ TEST: Vocabulary Aptitude, Verbal Ability - Greek, Latin, Old English, German, French PREFIXES ---A-C77

IQ TEST: Vocabulary Aptitude, Verbal Ability - Greek, Latin, Old English, German, French PREFIXES ---A-C

A a, an = without, not [anarchy, anhydrous] ab, abs, a = apart, away from [abnormal, abduct] ad = to, toward [adhere, admit] agere = act [agency, agenda] amphi, ambi = round, both sides [amphibian, ambivalent] amo = love [amiable] ante =...

1 comment    word english french
You're Saying it Wrong IV: The Homophone Edition76

You're Saying it Wrong IV: The Homophone Edition

Many usage errors in English happen because the language is full of homophones. If you’re talking, homophone confusion will never be a problem. But if you’re writing, and if you’re overly dependent on your spellchecker, it can be a bit of a worry. This installment of “You’re Saying it Wrong” is to help prevent spellchecker betrayals from making folks look silly.

5 comments    advice writing grammar
Keyword Thesaurus: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms75

Keyword Thesaurus: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms

The real power in Writing Articles is not in the redundant keyword but in the Thesaurus surrounding that keyword. Nearly all competitive keywords, in English, are redundant. Yet, everything, including words, has an equal (similar) or opposite (anti) reaction. Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms can be used as alternate keywords and at times producing better results.

0 comments    internet marketing keywords
Synonyms in Babylon: Confusion in translation.76

Synonyms in Babylon: Confusion in translation.

Not all people can appreciate when laughed at, whilst trying. But we all have to agree, when it comes to translation into a different language, some seriously funny situations may occur. Living in a...

12 comments    language learn africa
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