Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts

Friday, July 11, 2025

Trump praises English of the leader of Liberia – where English is the official language

"Such good English, such beautiful …" Trump said. "Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where were you educated?" 

Boakai seemed to chuckle. English is the official language of Liberia...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/trump-liberian-president-english


 

Monday, February 15, 2021

11 commonly confused English words and how to avoid mixing them up

English is filled with words that look alike or sound alike (or both), but mean very different things — so it's easy to get confused and use the wrong word at the wrong moment...


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

14 most common words and phrases you're probably saying wrong

Many times, especially in business settings, people use words that they think they know — but don’t. Although they do this in an effort to sound intelligent and sophisticated, it backfires badly, because even one small slipup can cause an audience to focus on only that, not the speaker’s ideas. As writers of several grammar books, here are some of the most commonly confused and misused words and phrases in American English:....
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/14-words-and-phrases-you-probably-been-saying-wrong-this-whole-time.html

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Friday, February 16, 2018

How Many Americans Would Pass an Immigration Test Endorsed by Trump? - The New York Times

President Trump this month endorsed legislation that would effectively cut immigration to the United States by half. The bill, known as the Raise Act, would sharply reduce the share of people admitted through family ties and create a skills-based system that scores applicants on factors including age, education, income, job prospects and proficiency in English.....

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Meet Leandra English, The GOP's Latest Boogeyman -- HuffPost

Over the past two weeks, conservative media has been warning of a new menace loose in the corridors of Washington, a "rogue" agent "burrowing" into the federal bureaucracy to mount a "coup" that could shatter the rule of law and shred the Constitution in a deranged bid for unaccountable power. ...

Thursday, October 27, 2016

5 everyday sayings that you may be using incorrectly

English is a language rich with imagery, meaning and metaphor – and when we want to express ourselves we can draw upon a canon replete with beautifully turned phrases, drawing from the language’s Latin, French and Germanic roots, through Chaucer and Shakespeare right up to myriad modern wordsmiths – not to mention those apt aphorisms that English has appropriated from other languages.

So why is it we so regularly misuse some of these phrases? Here are five of the most common sayings that have somehow become lost in translation....
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/21/five-everyday-sayings-that-you-may-be-using-incorrectly_partner/









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