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25 Funny Text Conversations that Will Make you Laugh

Posted on August 10, 2022January 21, 2023 By The Lingwist No Comments on 25 Funny Text Conversations that Will Make you Laugh
25 Funny Text Conversations that Will Make you Laugh

Many people also think that texting is bad because it makes us lazy in the way we speak, but sometimes it becomes funny and enjoyable. Here we list 20 funny text messages and conversations that will make you laugh. 1. The French Guy 2. The angry bird and the teaser 3. You are right! 4….

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Applied Linguistics, English

20 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time Everyone Should Know

Posted on August 8, 2022October 25, 2022 By The Lingwist No Comments on 20 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time Everyone Should Know
20 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time Everyone Should Know

Inspirational and motivational quotes can significantly impact your life and future. It might affect how you think, feel, react, and interact with yourself and the world around you. In other cases, quotes and sayings can be used to impress others or as encouragement. Putting the meaning of true wisdom into words has been a pursuit…

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Applied Linguistics, English

20 Hard but Useful Homographs you Should Add to your Vocabulary Immediately with Examples

Posted on July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 By The Lingwist No Comments on 20 Hard but Useful Homographs you Should Add to your Vocabulary Immediately with Examples
20 Hard but Useful Homographs you Should Add to your Vocabulary Immediately with Examples

Homographs are words with different pronunciations, meanings, and origins but the same spelling.  According to Your Dictionary “, homographs have the same spelling and different meanings, but unlike homophones, homographs may also have different pronunciations; For example, when you pronounce the word advocate with a short /a/ sound, it’s a noun that means “a person who speaks…

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Applied Linguistics, English

20 Beautiful Untranslatable Words from Around the World

Posted on July 24, 2022August 12, 2022 By The Lingwist No Comments on 20 Beautiful Untranslatable Words from Around the World
20 Beautiful Untranslatable Words from Around the World

As we know, each language has its own unique features, linguistic complexities, and grammatical rule. therefore, translating between them is not easy since the target language cannot capture nor carry the social and artistic aspects of the source language.

Applied Linguistics, English

Top 10 Longest Words in English You should know

Posted on July 22, 2022January 24, 2023 By The Lingwist No Comments on Top 10 Longest Words in English You should know
Top 10 Longest Words in English You should know

0 of the Longest Words in the English Language that you should know and their meaning

Applied Linguistics, English

Stop using “very” and improve your vocabulary

Posted on December 31, 2021August 11, 2022 By The Lingwist No Comments on Stop using “very” and improve your vocabulary
Stop using “very” and improve your vocabulary

The Irritating question that comes to your mind is “why do I have to avoid the word very when it is widely used in books and daily conversation and why does it sound useless?” The answer is you have all the right to use “very”. It adds emphasis. But wait, the problem is not about…

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Want to sound smarter? Avoid these 10 Words

Posted on December 29, 2021October 16, 2022 By The Lingwist No Comments on Want to sound smarter? Avoid these 10 Words
Want to sound smarter? Avoid these 10 Words

While speaking or writing, language users should ditch intensifiers like “absolutely”, “completely”, and “really” from their vocabulary and mental lexicon. This will make them sound smarter and more precise. Here at the Lingwist, we share a list of words to avoid. They are unnecessary and can be cut out. 1. Actually “Actually” and “obviously” suggest…

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