A riddle …
“What has many keys, but can’t open a single door?”
Answer: a piano
A not-so-easy spelling test!
How good is your spelling? Do this rather tricky test to find out.
Something I’m sure you don’t know
You’d never guess that the most complicated word in English is a three-letter word.
It’s ‘run’!
According to this article in Reader’s Digest, Oxford English Dictionary editors discovered that the verb form alone has 645 different meanings.
Here are some examples of ‘run’ (as a verb):
We run a fever.
We run a bath.
Our noses run.
We run our fingers through our hair.
We run water into a basin.
Our cars won’t run.
We run across the road.
Buses run every twenty minutes.
We run up bills.
Things run according to plan.
And here are some examples of ‘run’ (as a noun):
In cricket, you score runs.
We went out for a run.
You might have a run of bad luck.
If you’re interested in more examples, take a look here (link to: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com).
The fun fact of the day
You’d never guess that the most complicated word in English is a three-letter word.
According to this article in Reader’s Digest, Oxford English Dictionary editors discovered that the verb form alone has 645 different meanings.
Here are some examples of run (as a verb):
We run a fever.
We run a bath.
We run our fingers through our hair.
We run across the road.
Our noses run.
We run up bills.
We run water into a basin.
Our cars won’t run.
Buses run every twenty minutes.
Things run according to plan.
And examples of run (as a noun):
In cricket, you score runs.
We went out for a run.
You might have a run of bad luck.
If you’re interested in more examples, take a look here (link to: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com).
A tool which checks whether your documents are easy to read
Are your email messages and other documents easy to read?
All you need to do is to go to this site here (link to: readable.io). Paste your text into the box on the left. Click “Measure Readability”, and on the right, you’ll see a collection of statistics and scores.
Why we shouldn’t listen to friends, family and neighbours!
