Should you write “all right” or “alright”?
In today’s new article I’m taking a look at the difference between ‘all right’ and ‘alright’, something which has come up a few times for me in my editing work and a point I’ve considered probably more than I should have in my...
What are prefixes and why is it useful to know about them?
When it comes to studying vocabulary, it’s worth knowing how words can be broken down or how they are formed. One of the structures that can help form words is a prefix – simply, any letters that appear before the root of a word. Prefixes can be used before many...
When do language rules matter in English?
As I mentioned in my last article on the difference between objective and subjective, I’d like to share some thoughts on when language rules should be strictly followed and when they may be flexible. This is essentially the difference between objective (provably true)...
What’s the difference between objective and subjective?
I had an idea to write an article discussing the difference between flexible and inflexible language rules, and when it matters to be precise or not. This is a broad and nuanced topic, which veers into matters of opinion, and I realised first it would be more useful...
Do we write “for ever after” or “forever after”?
“For ever after” is a phrase I found curious recently, as it highlights some interesting points about how English works as a flexible, evolving language. The phrase can be written in two different ways, changing the meanings of the words, with no real agreement on the...Want to Master English?
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