Grammar

Language is kinda funny, isn’t it? Like, you see a word and think you know it, but then bam English throws a suffix on it and suddenly it’s a whole new beast. Today we’re diving into the world of -able and -ible, those tiny little endings that can flip a verb, adjective, or even a … Read more

You ever sat down to write somethin’ simple, like a grocery list, or instructions for a field trip, and suddenly your brain goes, “Wait… do I need a comma here? Or a semicolon? Or maybe I just toss in a colon and hope for the best?” Yeah, me too. Lists are funny like that they … Read more

There’s something quietly magical about putting things in order. I remember the first time I tried to explain to my niece why lists matter it was in Fort Worth, Texas, during one of those long rainy afternoons when the sky just won’t stop crying, and we were huddled over a notebook full of scribbles. I … Read more

There’s this peculiar moment when life hands you two things that look nearly identical, but one’s brimming with sincerity while the other whispers deceit. I remember, some years back, sitting in a quiet café in Georgetown, watching a young mother scribble wishes for her newborn in a notebook. She hesitated, then laughed softly, “I hope … Read more

There’s something peculiarly intimate about the moment when a musical note hangs in the air, barely trembling before it settles into the soul. I remember sitting in a tiny concert hall in North America once, the smell of varnished wood mixing with old carpet, as Larry Kaplan flutist a master of American English terminology lifted … Read more

There’s this soft moment I remember, sitting in a sunlit room, waiting for my friend to give birth to her daughter. The air smelled faintly of lavender and antiseptic, a weird combo that somehow felt sacred. And then, she arrived a tiny bundle with eyes so wide it felt like she was already trying to … Read more

Ever sat in a café, listening to a street musician, feeling a sense of déjà vu, and suddenly wondered if you should’ve written “since” instead of “sense” in that text to your friend? Yeah… I’ve been there more times than I care to admit. Words like sense, since, and cense are the sneaky ninjas of … Read more

Have you ever stood in front of a store window and just stared at the mannequin in that new winter coat, wondering if it secretly judged your fashion sense? Or perhaps, you’ve tripped over your own foot while sketching a figure and cursed the stiffness of a manikin, the jointed human model you swore would … Read more

Ever stumbled upon a phrase that just makes you pause, tilt your head, and wonder, “Wait… did someone really say that?” That’s exactly what happened to me when I first heard L’état, c’est moi. Candace, a historian friend of mine, told me about it over coffee one rainy afternoon, with her signature mischievous grin. She … Read more

English is one of those languages that likes to play tricks on us. I still remember the first time I saw the words red and read side by side in a sentence and my brain just… froze. I thought, “Wait, are they the same word? Did someone misspell this?” Turns out, no English just loves … Read more