Category: Language
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No, the Bible isn’t a long book—and other interesting facts about the world’s number one bestseller
You might know the Bible is the world’s best seller, but did you know Harry Potter is longer than the Bible?
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Are words cheap? Well, of course they are.
(Full disclosure: we writers love the fact that we don’t have to pay for our words, but we get mighty upset if other people don’t pay for them. Here’s how it works.)
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The invented language more popular than Klingon
Esperanto is a language that was invented by a medical doctor in the 1880s, who desired to create a universal language to promote world peace.
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How writing advice in school often doesn’t apply to writing in real life
In school, students are told to use complex vocabulary, but in reality, many writers try to use simple words, like Ernest Hemingway. What other things are kids told about writing that contradict real life?
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The importance of “show, don’t tell” in writing
Storytelling is about transporting a person to another world. That’s why showing, not telling, makes better stories.
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How doing nothing, really, is actually doing something
Many people have heard the (re)phrase, “don’t just do something, stand there!” But isn’t “standing there” doing something?
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Thoughts on language: forgetting words
We all have days where we just forget words, right when we need them. Isn’t that annoying?
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Thoughts on Language: contradictory phrases
We use colloquialisms all the time, but how many of them actually make sense?
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The secret to understanding poetry
Every year, thousands upon thousands of students have to take poetry tests. Is there a secret to understanding them all?
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Do actions really speak louder than words?
The short answer? Well, yes, they do. The long answer? Well, not really. No, not at all.
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