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 | English Blues: The reading habit will hold your language skills in good steadNumerous studies on the benefits of reading prove that reading helps readers develop their language | |
 | English Blues: Developing communicative competence over grammatical competenceMany English language teachers’ obsession with grammar teaching and insistence on grammatical competence have killed learners’ curiosity and interest in learning English effectively | |
 | English Blues: From doomscrolling to truthiness, how new words get absorbed into our vocabulariesFrom doomscrolling to truthiness, there are certain phenomena unique to this generation, and thus, we give birth to new terms and words to make sense of them. Here are a few in vogue these days | |
 | English Blues: The prescriptivists and descriptivists: How old school are your grammar rules?The main difference between these two schools of thought is that prescriptivists explain how language should be used and descriptivists describe how language is actually used | |
 | English Blues: American slang that has become part of our vocabularyGhosting ain't fun. We've all done it, and we've all had it done to us. Where does the term come from though? And what are some other slangs that have become a part of daily conversation? | |
 | English Blues: The Misnomer connundrum and how to combat itSome words and phrases put our heads in a spin, indicating something, and meaning something else altogether | |
 | English Blues: No child's play: decoding the nuances of ‘with’One of the most frequestly used words in the English language has a multitude of bewildering uses. Here's a list of ALL of them, and how not to get them all muddled up | |
 | English Blues: Understanding the difference between each other and one anotherA look at the thin lines we tread between "each other" and "one another" and if a faux pas among them can lead to some serious miscommunication | |
 | English Blues: Decoding headlines and their languageIs that headline good enough for you? Find out what goes into the makings of magnetic headlines, and why it is never a mean feat | |
 | English Blues: Using 'they', 'their', 'them' in the English language to bring in inclusivityIn India, traditionalists who are obsessed with linguistic rules and those who are not exposed to the gender-neutral singular ‘they’ will surely find fault with the headlines and point out the errors | |
 | English Blues: Is couple plural or is it incorrect? Here's what we foundIn British English, it is very common to treat ‘couple’ as a plural noun and it is not incorrect to use a singular verb after ‘couple’ | |
 | English Blues: Is the word 'batchmate' an Indianism or not?Indianism refers to a word that is a characteristic of Indian English. In India, it is a very commonly used term | |
 | English Blues: What do the words 'social media butterfly', 'social butterly' mean?Some people are very sociable and they enjoy talking to others and making friends with them. They easily break the ice and connect with anyone they come across | |
 | English Blues: A letter to a communication apprehensive readerAwareness of these rights, I am sure, will give you the confidence that you need to fight your communication apprehension | |
 | English Blues: How do the words vacay and staycation differ in meaning?According to Collins Dictionary, a staycation is “a holiday that you spend in your own home or your own country, relaxing and enjoying leisure activities there” |
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