When we want to convey our thoughts we use words. And when we need to describe something in graphic details we depend on adjectives, adverbs and verbs. These three words are like colour pencils. Each ...

The answer is they were all invented by William Shakespeare in order to add detail to his scripts. When the exact word he wanted wasn’t available, he would quite often combine verbs and nouns to ...

How dull would our world be without adjectives? You know, those handy words or terms we use, as Webster says, to "modify a noun." Indeed, without the descriptive power of an adjective, a noun is ...

You probably noticed this place is called Mount Scary. Well, that’s not because of the mountain. Allow me to explain. Y’see, she’s not just a yeti… she’s a scary yeti. Scary is an adjective. An ...

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