words Archives | Page 3 of 6 | Every Word Counts

Home › Posts tagged words › Page 3

Than or then? These two words might look – and even sound – quite similar, but every day I see people mix them up. Not only is this a grammatical howler, but it can also give a totally different meaning to their sentence.…

Posted in Grammar, Tips Tagged with: than, then, words

As well as enabling me to practise my rusty German, a recent trip to Berlin got me thinking about the various German words and phrases that have infiltrated everyday English vocabulary. Although I thought there were more French words used in…

Posted in Language Tagged with: German, languages, words

TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged. Today it covers a diverse range of topics in more than 100 languages. Not only are TED Talks videos entertaining, informative and thought provoking, but they’re also…