Mastering English grammar is crucial for clear communication. Common errors among new speakers often follow predictable ...

Pleas-ing words Prepositions and crime. May 20, 2013 By Merrill Perlman. b. Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. ... English words in, under, toward, before) or serve to mark various ...

–ing words By YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Mind Our English Thursday, 16 Jun 2011 12:00 AM MYT THE present continuous tense and gerunds are sometimes really confusing ...

Even though the taboo of swear words is not a global issue or a cause that requires global campaigning against, the issue is representative of the general human state. If we can break down the ...

Q: I was taught that the possessive should be used before nouns ending in “ing.” For example, one would say, “your laughing ruined the mood,” rather than “you laughing… ...

Learning English Vocabulary. Short spoken forms. Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why? 6 mins ...

The French have unwittingly re-invented a whole set of English words by adding "ing" to the ends of things. Here translator Jane Proctor shares her favourites.

As long as humans keep on human-ing, words will keep on words-ing. This week, Merriam-Webster announced it had added a whopping 455 new entries to the dictionary — including terms across ...

No f—ing joke, a new study showed that Jonah Hill has overtaken Samuel L. Jackson as the actor who has uttered the most damn swear words in movies. An analysis from the research group Buzz Bingo ...

Kid-ing with Kayla: What’s a crutch word? According to YourDictionary.com, it’s a word that becomes a filler in conversation , or is used for verbal emphasis , without adding any meaning to an ...

Exploring the scope of ‘-ing’ words and the ways of using them. THE letter from Confused (MOE, Feb18) asking about the difference between gerunds (which mean “verbs with – ing that take ...