Articles About English

Here’s a selection of my older blog posts about English language topics – grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, oh my!

  • August 19, 2006 » Improve Your Vocabulary
  • August 23, 2006 » Improve Your Spelling
  • August 27, 2006 » English Etymology Resources
  • August 28, 2006 » English Parts of Speech Overview
  • August 29, 2006 » English Parts of Speech: Nouns and Pronouns
  • August 31, 2006 » English Parts of Speech: Verbs
  • September 02, 2006 » English Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Determiners, and Adverbs
  • September 04, 2006 » English Parts of Speech: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
  • September 06, 2006 » English Grammar: Types of Phrases
  • September 08, 2006 » English Grammar: Types of Clauses
  • September 10, 2006 » English Grammar: Basic Sentence Elements
  • September 12, 2006 » English Grammar: Types of Sentences
  • September 14, 2006 » English Punctuation Overview
  • September 16, 2006 » English Punctuation: Hyphens, Apostrophes, and Slashes
  • September 18, 2006 » English Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks
  • September 20, 2006 » English Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
  • September 22, 2006 » English Punctuation: Dashes, Parentheses, Quotation Marks, and Ellipses
  • September 24, 2006 » English Punctuation: Italics, Capitalization, and Other Odds and Ends
  • September 26, 2006 » Everything You Need to Improve Your English Grammar
  • November 22, 2006 » Weekly Word: Kerfuffle
  • November 29, 2006 » Weekly Word: Amaranth
  • December 06, 2006 » Weekly Word: Thrasonical
  • December 13, 2006 » Weekly Word: Effluvium
  • December 20, 2006 » Weekly Word: Perambulate
  • December 27, 2006 » Weekly Word: Verisimilitude
  • January 03, 2007 » Weekly Word: Recapitulate
  • January 10, 2007 » Weekly Word: Malkin
  • January 17, 2007 » Weekly Word: Tempestuous
  • January 24, 2007 » Weekly Word: Concatenate
  • January 26, 2007 » The Difference Between Plot and Story
  • January 31, 2007 » Weekly Word: Chatoyant
  • February 07, 2007 » Weekly Word: Inculcate
  • February 14, 2007 » Weekly Word: Unctuous
  • February 21, 2007 » Weekly Word: Callipygian
  • March 01, 2007 » Weekly Word: Draconian
  • March 07, 2007 » Weekly Word: Diablerie
  • March 14, 2007 » Weekly Word: Boondoggle
  • March 21, 2007 » Weekly Word: Pleonasm
  • March 28, 2007 » Weekly Word: Acquiesce
  • April 04, 2007 » Weekly Word: Bork
  • April 11, 2007 » Weekly Word: Abecedarian
  • April 18, 2007 » Weekly Word: Gesticulate
  • April 25, 2007 » Weekly Word: Abstemious
  • May 02, 2007 » Weekly Word: Malinger
  • May 09, 2007 » Weekly Word: Tenuous
  • May 16, 2007 » Weekly Word: Indefatigable
  • May 23, 2007 » Weekly Word: Ineffable
  • May 30, 2007 » Weekly Word: Inane
  • June 06, 2007 » Weekly Word: Atrabilious
  • June 13, 2007 » Weekly Word: Lucubrate
  • June 20, 2007 » Weekly Word: Gumption
  • June 27, 2007 » Weekly Word: Odious
  • July 04, 2007 » Weekly Word: Bricolage
  • July 12, 2007 » Weekly Word: Vignette
  • July 18, 2007 » Weekly Word: Adulterate
  • July 25, 2007 » Weekly Word: Errant
  • August 01, 2007 » Weekly Word: August
  • August 08, 2007 » Weekly Word: Pasquinade
  • August 15, 2007 » Weekly Word: Ennui
  • August 22, 2007 » Weekly Word: Prosaic
  • August 29, 2007 » Weekly Word: Epistemological
  • September 05, 2007 » Weekly Word: Antiquarian
  • September 13, 2007 » Weekly Word: Travail
  • September 19, 2007 » Weekly Word: Belay
  • September 27, 2007 » Weekly Word: Cogency
  • October 04, 2007 » Weekly Word: Conflate
  • October 10, 2007 » Weekly Word: Aegis
  • October 17, 2007 » Weekly Word: Enmity
  • October 25, 2007 » Weekly Word: Hat Trick
  • November 01, 2007 » Weekly Word: Belletristic
  • November 07, 2007 » Weekly Word: Occlude
  • November 14, 2007 » Weekly Word: Commove
  • November 22, 2007 » Weekly Word: Edacious
  • November 29, 2007 » Weekly Word: Truism
  • December 06, 2007 » Weekly Word: Reticent
  • December 16, 2007 » Weekly Word: Insularity
  • December 24, 2007 » Weekly Word: Platitude
  • December 31, 2007 » Weekly Word: Tipple
  • January 08, 2008 » Weekly Word: Apotheosis
  • January 16, 2008 » Weekly Word: Flaneur
  • January 22, 2008 » Weekly Word: Pernoctation
  • January 28, 2008 » Weekly Word: Sonorous
  • February 05, 2008 » Weekly Word: Fustigate
  • February 12, 2008 » Weekly Word: Abdominous
  • February 21, 2008 » Weekly Word: Echt
  • March 10, 2008 » Weekly Word: Thraw
  • March 17, 2008 » Weekly Word: Recherche
  • March 24, 2008 » Weekly Word: Cruciverbalist
  • March 31, 2008 » Weekly Word: Tarantism
  • April 07, 2008 » Weekly Word: Nutate
  • April 14, 2008 » Weekly Word: Ductile
  • April 22, 2008 » Weekly Word: Rodomontade
  • April 28, 2008 » Weekly Word: Pugnacious
  • May 06, 2008 » Weekly Word: Operose
  • May 12, 2008 » Weekly Word: Tantivy
  • May 19, 2008 » Weekly Word: Savoir-faire
  • May 26, 2008 » Weekly Word: Titivate
  • June 02, 2008 » Weekly Word: Philtrum
  • June 16, 2008 » Weekly Word: Quotidian
  • June 23, 2008 » Weekly Word: Gelid
  • June 30, 2008 » Weekly Word: Jejune
  • July 14, 2008 » Weekly Word: Vacuous
  • July 28, 2008 » Weekly Word: Innumerate
  • August 04, 2008 » Weekly Word: Cursory
  • August 19, 2008 » Weekly Word: Winnow
  • September 16, 2008 » Weekly Word: Damask
  • September 22, 2008 » Weekly Word: Haptic
  • November 11, 2008 » Weekly Word: Umami
  • December 01, 2008 » Weekly Word: Onus
  • December 16, 2008 » Weekly Word: Simulacrum
  • December 22, 2008 » Weekly Word: Precipitous
  • December 30, 2008 » Weekly Word: Impute
  • January 05, 2009 » Weekly Word: Frigorific
  • January 12, 2009 » Weekly Word: Incontrovertible
  • January 21, 2009 » Weekly Word: Flocculate
  • January 26, 2009 » Weekly Word: Reification
  • February 02, 2009 » Weekly Word: Jussulent
  • February 10, 2009 » Weekly Word: Bowlderize
  • February 18, 2009 » Weekly Word: Ersatz
  • February 23, 2009 » Weekly Word: Effusive
  • March 03, 2009 » Weekly Word: Foppotee
  • March 17, 2009 » Weekly Word: Gauche
  • March 24, 2009 » Weekly Word: Sciolism
  • March 31, 2009 » Weekly Word: Feckless
  • April 07, 2009 » Weekly Word: Dross
  • April 14, 2009 » Weekly Word: Superjacent
  • April 27, 2009 » Weekly Word: Posit
  • May 06, 2009 » Weekly Word: Blandish
  • May 12, 2009 » Weekly Word: Otiose
  • May 19, 2009 » Weekly Word: Miasma
  • May 25, 2009 » Weekly Word: Weissnichtwo
  • June 01, 2009 » Weekly Word: Obnubilate
  • June 09, 2009 » Weekly Word: Moonstruck
  • June 15, 2009 » Weekly Word: Glabrous
  • June 30, 2009 » Weekly Word: Corvine
  • July 13, 2009 » Weekly Word: Simoleon
  • July 20, 2009 » Weekly Word: Contiguous
  • July 27, 2009 » Weekly Word: Vinculum
  • August 11, 2009 » Weekly Word: Abstruse
  • August 25, 2009 » Weekly Word: Fey
  • September 07, 2009 » Weekly Word: Dog Days
  • September 22, 2009 » Weekly Word: Autotelic