Every week, we’ll be sharing a list of posts, stories, news, or opinions that we've run across the Internet during the past week or two. We won't be discussing them in detail here, but we do encourage you to check them out as they could contain valuable ideas and insights for your
IELTS exam.
If you're ready, here we go...
GRAMMAR
The author discusses the use of the
pronoun "their" as a singular possessive.
The author suggests solutions on how to avoid sexism in legal
writing.
Ambiguity is usually worse than the grammatical mistakes that so often irritate people.
The author shares her thoughts on a proofread made by a certain teacher.
The English language is tricky & everyone makes
grammar mistakes every now and then. This collection of grammar mistakes on signs in the U.S. is hilarious.
Commas are used to separate list items.
Know which one to use when using 'together with,' 'as well as,' 'along with,' 'either,' 'neither,' and 'or.'
READING
Jason D. Yeatman, a psychologist at the Stanford University Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, and his colleagues report in a new study that in order to learn to read, a young child’s brain must be developed enough to process the information, but still capable of fast growth, according to a new longitudinal study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Could a brain scan one day be added to the normal developmental measures children receive at the pediatrician's office before starting school?
MP3s became the standard for online music and changed the music industry forever. How did it all start?
David Skinner's The Story of Ain't tells the story of Webster's Third, the most controversial dictionary ever assembled. Here, Skinner tells us the story of the dictionary that was referred to as "literary anarchy."
It's a trusted plot device of many a thriller. The lost protagonists stagger for hours through creepy forest only to end up back where they started. In fact the idea that humans walk in circles is no urban myth. This was confirmed by Jan Souman and colleagues in a 2009 study, in which participants walked for hours at night in a German forest and the Tunisian Sahara. But the question remains - why?
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
It's your own fault if you're bored, a new study confirms.
Do you experience difficulty recalling information you need to use? Is memory loss becoming something that affects your ability to perform daily tasks? The insights here can aid in improving memory.
VOCABULARY
The author shares her findings on the expression "What for."
English with all it’s
grammar rules and the exceptions to those rules, is hard enough, but differentiating between British English and American English spellings can be confusing.
Marc Ensign hits all corners of the dictionary with the 12 Most Awesomest Words to Add into Your Daily
Vocabulary.
The author criticizes the dehumanizing and demeaning use of the word "female."
Snippets of British vernacular that were until recently as rare as kidney pie on these shores are cropping up in the daily speech of Americans.
Here’s 40 wise and enlightening Latin phrases, designed to inspire and give you food for thought. Centuries on, there’s still some thought-provoking pearls of wisdom to be shared – and a few giggles as well.
