Ahhh English… The oft maligned class and language of our childhoods… How could something that seems so easy be so hard? Well! Not anymore with Edumuch.com’s English Section! We’ve got it all from tips to lessons!
Nouns are the most basic and common types of words in the English language. They are used to describe any person, place, idea, or thing. Nouns fall into separate categories, such as common, count, mass, collective, abstract, and others. In this post, I will be covering the more basic nouns which are used in English. […]
The English language is old. It has undergone many transformations, and yet some things have managed to stick around. 60% of the English language’s words have silent letter in them. These are very frustrating to deal with, especially for those studying English as a second language. However, some silent letter can drive even the best […]
History of the English Language – Part II Old English and Middle English are relatively hard to read. Even those who speak perfect Modern English will have trouble with written and spoken English versions of the past. The older incarnations of the English language sounded very different from the English we speak today, mostly due […]
Determiners are words used before a noun or noun phrase. These words give context, and provide a detailed reference or specification. They give information about a noun. The most common determiners are the, an, and a. The is considered to be a definite determiner, while a and an are considered to be indefinite determiner. Words […]
While it is easier than ever to find and copy information straight off the internet, it is also easier than ever for teachers to figure out that you’ve copied information off the internet. It is a double-edged sword. In many ways, plagiarism is a disease which is constantly spreading. Even with the advent of plagiarism […]
Many courses in college still consist of good old-fashioned lecture-type lessons. In some cases, students beginning college make a very disturbing realization: they never learned how to properly listen to a lecture. This causes the effectiveness of such lessons to drop. As a student, it is important to develop lecture skills, in order to take […]
In his masterpiece-of-a-book 1984, George Orwell deliciously (and very creepily) paints the picture of a world in which language has turned into newspeak: a concise, abbreviated, shorthand of the language formerly known as English. In today’s rapidly changing world, more and more of the English language is being affected by social media. This is happening […]
We take English for granted, what with it being an international language which has been spoken for so many years. It has so many dialects, accents, and vernaculars, that it seems it has been around forever. Not so. We will do a brief rundown discussing the history of the English language to see how we […]
There, They’re, Their Homophones such as “there, they’re and their” can be a real nuisance. What is a homophone, you ask? They are words which sound alike but have very different meanings. It’s annoying. This is true for anyone studying English as a foreign language, and it holds true for even the most fluent English speakers […]
What side do you fall on of the ever-raging Grammarly vs Whitesmoke debate? Read on for our review of the Grammarly editing program! Grammarly Software Review Grammar checking software is difficult to pull off. No matter what, there will be no replacement for the efficiency of human eyes and language skills. Grammarly is a grammar […]