Latest
Centre or Center? UK vs US
Centre or center? The same word flipped across the Atlantic — the rule, and which one your teacher expects.
The -er Family: Center, Theater, Meter (US)
Center, theater, meter — the American -er spellings, and the British -re words they come from.
The -re Family: Centre, Theatre, Metre (UK)
Centre, theatre, metre — the British -re endings, and why they flip to -er in America.
Colour or Color? UK vs US
Colour or color? The most famous British–American spelling split — where the u goes, and which to use when.
The -or Family: Color, Favor, Honor (US)
Color, favor, honor — the American spellings that drop the British u, all from one simple rule.
The -our Family: Colour, Favour, Honour (UK)
Colour, favour, honour — the British -our words, and the American -or spellings that drop the u.
The Perfect Continuous Tenses
"I've been reading all afternoon" — three verbs in a row that look like a trap, but it's really two ideas you already know
The Perfect Continuous Tenses
"Have been doing", "had been doing" — the top-heavy tense people avoid, and the one job the simpler tenses can't do
What Is a Conjunction?
A conjunction is a "joining word" — but what does that actually mean? Here's what one really is, shown clearly