Although these two are written and pronounced completely differently, “me” and “I” are often used interchangeably or used in the wrong context. A common mistake in people’s writing is to confuse I and me with each other. Both are personal pronouns, but they serve different purposes within the sentence. In […]
The College English Test (Chinese: 大学四六级英语考试／大学公共英语考试), better known as CET, is a national English as a foreign language test in the People’s Republic of China.
It includes two levels: CET4 (非专业四级) and CET6 (非专业六级).
The most mispronounced words of 2021 include cheugy, omicron and Billie Eilish’s last name FYI folks, there’s no “N” in “omicron.” To be fair, some people probably tried too hard to make “cheugy” happen. But in a year that saw all kinds of Gen Z vernacular take over social media, […]
Australian Ducks Show They Can Mimic Human Speech by Picking up Swearing: ‘You Bloody Fool!’ The first documented instance of ducks being able to mimic sounds has researchers reviewing the evolution of vocal language learning in birds. The musk duck is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. […]
Variations in spelling exist in English words. In Great Britain and Canada, some words have spellings that differ from American spellings. Readers of books by British and Canadian publishers will note these differences. Some confusion may arise depending on the writer’s experience with these variant spellings. Many nouns that in […]