#english (5 links)

• Style.ONS style.ons.gov.uk

  I think I'm in love.

  6 Mar 2015 #english #guide #statistics #style #writing
• The trench talk that is now entrenched in the English language - Telegraph telegraph.co.uk

  Among the list of everyday terms found to have originated or spread from the conflict are cushy, snapshot, bloke, wash out, conk out, blind spot, binge drink and pushing up daisies.

  26 Nov 2012 #language #english#slang
• Steven Poole: Thesaurosis stevenpoole.net · Archived on 5 Jul 2010

  What differentiates this thesaurus from any other is that it is, as the title announces, historical: combining the data of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Thesaurus of Old English, it presents meanings in chronological order, noting when terms first appeared, often when they disappeared, or whether they were one-shots, lovely doomed coinages such as “moonling”.

  9 Feb 2010 #english#thesaurus #language #words #reviews
• FreeRice freerice.com

  For Each Word You Get Right, We Donate 10 Grains of Rice through the United Nations to Help End World Hunger

  28 Oct 2007 #charity #games #english #poverty #activism #language #words
• lifehack.org » Guide to Grammar and Writing lifehack.org · Archived on 16 Jul 2005

  Capital Community College Foundation has a good site on Grammar and Writing which contains a very intensive guide from word and sentence, paragraph to essay and research paper level for grammar and writing. Bookmark this handy site for reference!

  15 Jul 2005 #writing#grammar #english #reference #education #style #lifehacks #language #languages