Uncovering the hidden historie.s behind the words we use without thinking.

Plenty of phrases from the first self-described hipster generation have lasted into modern conversation: people still get bent out of shape, annoying people bug us and muscular guys are still built, ...

A new slang phrase is making its way around social media, specifically following the results of the 2024 presidential election. "Crash out" has been in the Gen Alpha and Gen Z vernacular for several ...

Adverbs are of different types. Among such are adverbs of manner (like smoothly, awkwardly and loudly) and those of time (today, yesterday and now). But there is a type not commonly taught: the one ...

Watch out! Thunder goats are dropping in! They use their magic hammers to make sentences filled with potential. As a team, use your knowledge of adverbs and adverbial phrases to describe verbs and ...

Get children adding a bit of grammatical spice to their sentences with these teaching tips and KS2 adverbials resources from Laura Dobson… Adverbials are the herbs and spices in a grammatical meal.

The beef had been aged dry for 30 days, and it changed my life. Not the way you’re thinking. I didn’t eat the life-changing meat. I just read about it in an article I was editing — and my relationship ...

You’re probably familiar with nouns as the words that name people, places, and things. But did you know that nouns don’t just label things; they also serve particular functions in a sentence?

There are plenty of words and phrases that might not mean much to many. But for those who grew up in Liverpool, they make perfect sense. Whether these were said by grandparent, parents, neighbours or ...