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Tiny little
English adjectives are very descriptive and it is good practice to pick one good one rather than to list a whole bunch of them.
Then again, there is no Language Police in charge of English, so nobody was arrested for the list of synonyms in the song "Itsy bitsy teenie weenie Polkadot Bikini".
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Pronunciation - How to Say it?
Pronunciation • 30s read
In the pop video "Swim" by Korean Boy Band BTS they actually sing "swem". This still means swim, but in Afrikaans or Dutch. This is because Koream lacks the "i" sound in swim.
Quick Idioms - Mum's the Word
Tenses • 3m read
If you say mum's the word, it means that you will keep quiet about something that should be kept secret.
English Fun Fact
Vocabulary • 1m read
Did you know that even many English first language speakers believe Shakespeare is the father of English. However, the person responsible for many of the words we use today is Geoffrey Chaucer. He wrote the famous Canterbury Tales. Why is he called the Father of the English language? Because back in his day, there were different words for the same object and different spellings. He picked whichever one he used and those became the official words. Basically, it came down to whoever got their words down in writing first - he won!
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