Category: word definitions
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Three Questions & A Birthday
“Why can’t I say Happy Anniversary when it is someone’s birthday?”, many an ESL student has asked me. That’s a great question and one that merits a post about to explain the answer – especially since I just attended a very special birthday celebration for someone close who was celebrating 90 years (name withheld to…
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Do you always need to have the last word?
Here’s one fancy way to do just that: use an epiphonema! What in the world is that? So glad you asked! According to Dictionary.com, an epiphonema is, and I quote, “a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said“. In other word, it’s…
Claire Maria Ford, Coach 