When I was studying language at university, my teacher used to say: “You are well advised not to mix up advise and advice!”

And he was right, of course. One letter makes a lot of difference. The difference between a verb and a noun...

What are collective nouns? Collective nouns are the names given to groups of objects, animals or people, such as a 'pair' of jeans or 'pride' of lions.

Collective nouns are one of the oddities of the English language. There are no rules about their usage that can be explained and some...

It's Friday night. Andrew's just finished college and all his friends are planning to go to the cinema that evening. Andrew really wants to join them, but he's already spent all his money and his next pay day is not for another week. What can he do? He decides to ask his sister if she can lend him some...

It was a late summer's evening. John arrived home after purchasing his new car - a Mercedes S class! He sat down in his armchair in front of the TV and felt assured that his new car was safe outside. He'd arranged with a local company to have the car fully insured and upon arriving home that evening he'd carefully ensured to park it safely in the garage...