On Sundays Mary and Laura must not run or shout or be noisy when they played. Mary could not sew the
The main source of food energy in most modern diets is grain. In China and eastern Asia that grain i
Unlike in Chinese society, the English historically bathed very rarely. Instead they would just wash
This summer, I will read to you the next chapter from the book called The Little House in the Big Wo
Porridge (or oatmeal) is a Scottish food, not historically popular in England. The English often ref
In the last article I investigated double had. This time I will cover several other examples of doub
A student found the word 'had' doubled, as “had had”, and she asked me if it was
Victoria Day is a very Canadian holiday. It started out much the same as the original English holida
A headline in an English newspaper annoyed me. (In this article, and many language texts, an asteris
The way some people, who should know better, misuse capital letters is shocking. We use capital lett
Another teacher told me about a big argument over marks at their school. The school received complai
The Bible says, "Thou shall not kill”. Does this mean the same as: You shall not kill? Th