The ESLPod Blog (page 52)
- Language & Terms
Put Some “ish” in Your English
What’s the difference between someone saying “I’m hungry” and “I’m hungryish”?
- Language & Terms
Don’t Ever Say “Thank”
There are some nouns in English that are only used in the plural (with an -s at the end).
- Language & Terms
Guess Where These Words Come From
I recently talked about “loanwords” in a short video about “glitch” and “ketchup.”
- Language & Terms
“Literally” is Literally English’s Most Confusing Word
“Literal” and “figurative” are two types of meaning in English, but they are often confused (even by native English speakers!).
- Language & Terms
How Not to be a Sucker in English
The famous showman P.T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” (Learn more about P.T. Barnum in our Cultural English 257 here .)
- Language & Terms
Words English Stole from Other Languages
A loanword is a term one language takes from another language to use with little or no change to the word itself.
- How to Learn English
Take This Quiz to Improve Your English
Which of these people is more likely to become a great English speaker?
- Language & Terms
3 Things You Should Never Say to Your Boss
There are lots of expressions we use with friends or informally that you don’t want to use at work with your boss. In this video, I talk about three of them:
- Language & Terms
3 Expressions You Won’t Find in Your Texbooks
Conversational English includes a lot of expressions you will usually not find in an English textbook.
