For those who are familiar with Mary Poppins, they must have heard of the song — Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, let’s find out whether or not it is the longest English word to date.
Although both “super” and “superb” are common, they are not entirely interchangeable. In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, we will look at the difference between these two words, and explain which of them is correct to use and when. I hope you won’t be confused by them again after reading this post!
“Your vs You’re” may be one of the most common offences with which social media users are often charged by the grammar police. In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, we will look at the three (and sometimes four) major functions of apostrophes and ways to use them appropriately in writing.
Talking about age in writing may sometimes be tricky. In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, we will look at various ways to deal with age. The simplest way to determine when to hyphenate “year old” (or indeed all the “old”s, like “week old” and “minute old”) would be to look for the position of the age in relation to the noun.
In the midst of a pandemic, I found myself enjoying a lot more time in nature. As it was springtime when all things slowed down, I had the privilege to witness quite a lot of baby animals joining the animal kingdom, which was something rather pleasing to see during lockdown. At this Ed’s Elevenses, I am going to list the names of seven animals and their translation that I watched growing up really fast over a few weeks back then.
Localisation involves translation, but it doesn’t stop there - it goes beyond pure word-by-word linguistic conversion and to produce a culturally-suitable translation for the chosen market, thereby creating resonance between the target audiences and the source message.
To the majority of writers, it may seem challenging to ascertain acceptable levels of quality and accuracy have been achieved. This is the moment when skilled help should be actively sought from proofreaders and copyeditors to save us some time and to make our lives easier.
The political kerfuffle surrounding Brexit indeed continues to fascinate me. Having said that, I must confess I did get distracted by the rather intriguing political terms and phrases used at the UK Parliament.
There was nothing strenuous in the room apparently - the glass of something was gratifyingly simple to make, the handmade cards were a great joy to read...It was, however, when the alien apostrophe took over the stage the joyousness was flawed and my zing was smitten.
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed there is something unusual about our name. "What exactly is languaging?" I hear you ask...
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