There are very, very few words in the English language where vowels aren’t used. And ‘e’ is the most commonly used letter in the English language. There are 21 ‘e’s in the previous two sentences alone! Then, imagine how much difficult it must have been to write Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel without the letter ‘e’! Except for …
Eleven quirky things about language enthusiasts
They live and breathe the words of their beloved language. They go fanatical about words and their usage to the extent that they can even create a pool of words and swim in it all the time. 2. Thesauruses and dictionaries are like religious books for them. These will be available with them in all possible …
Go: A sentence short and sweet
‘Go’ is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. It is an imperative sentence that is basically used as a command or order. Basic grammar teaches us that a complete sentence should have a subject, a predicate, and an active verb. It should also convey complete meaning. In this sense, ‘Go’ has a predicate …