English is a Crazy Language by Richard Lederer

Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.

Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable?

And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

will and going to

What it is the difference between 'will' and 'going to'?

In many examples native speakers use these interchangeably.
There are rules, but they are often ignored especially in spoken English, and the meaning is not changed.

Will + infinitive 
A decision at the moment of speaking:
Jack: There's no rice left.
Sarah: Really? In that case, I'll go and get some. 
(Sarah didn't know the rice was finished and decided at that moment she would go and get some)

Be going to + infinitive
A decision before the moment of speaking:
Jack: There's no rice left.
Sarah: I know. I'm going to go and get some after I have finished cleaning.
(Sarah knew the rice was gone and had already planned to go to the market to buy some)

A prediction based on opinion:
I think it will rain this afternoon. 
(I am not sure why, I just have a feeling it will rain)

A prediction based on something we can see (or hear) now:
It is going to rain this afternoon. The clouds are already big and black.
(I know it will rain as the rain clouds are already heavy and overhead)

The Chaos by G. Nolst Trenite, a.k.a. Charivarius (1870-1946).

This is a poem about pronunciation for us to improve our pronunciation. Good luck!

Read it out aloud!

Dearest creature in creation, 

Study English pronunciation. 

I will teach you in my verse 

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. 

I will keep you, Suzy, busy, 

Make your head with heat grow dizzy. 

Tear in eye, your dress will tear. 

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Just compare heart, beard, and heard, 

Dies and diet, lord and word, 

Sword and sward, retain and Britain. 

(Mind the latter, how it's written.) 

Now I surely will not plague you 

With such words as plaque and ague. 

But be careful how you speak: 

Say break and steak, but bleak and streak; 

Cloven, oven, how and low, 

Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery, 

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, 

Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, 

Exiles, similes, and reviles; 

Scholar, vicar, and cigar, 

Solar, mica, war and far; 

One, anemone, Balmoral, 

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel; 

Gertrude, German, wind and mind, 

Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet, 

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. 

Blood and flood are not like food, 

Nor is mould like should and would. 

Viscous, viscount, load and broad, 

Toward, to forward, to reward. 

And your pronunciation's OK 

When you correctly say croquet, 

Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, 

Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour 

And enamour rhyme with hammer. 

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, 

Doll and roll and some and home. 

Stranger does not rhyme with anger, 

Neither does devour with clangour. 

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, 

Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, 

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, 

And then singer, ginger, linger, 

Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, 

Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very, 

Nor does fury sound like bury. 

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth. 

Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. 

Though the differences seem little, 

We say actual but victual. 

Refer does not rhyme with deafer. 

Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer. 

Mint, pint, senate and sedate; 

Dull, bull, and George ate late. 

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, 

Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven, 

Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. 

We say hallowed, but allowed, 

People, leopard, towed, but vowed. 

Mark the differences, moreover, 

Between mover, cover, clover; 

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, 

Chalice, but police and lice; 

Camel, constable, unstable, 

Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal, 

Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. 

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, 

Senator, spectator, mayor. 

Tour, but our and succour, four. 

Gas, alas, and Arkansas. 

Sea, idea, Korea, area, 

Psalm, Maria, but malaria. 

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. 

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian, 

Dandelion and battalion. 

Sally with ally, yea, ye, 

Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. 

Say aver, but ever, fever, 

Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. 

Heron, granary, canary. 

Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface. 

Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. 

Large, but target, gin, give, verging, 

Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. 

Ear, but earn and wear and tear 

Do not rhyme with here but ere. 

Seven is right, but so is even, 

Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen, 

Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, 

Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation -- think of Psyche! 

Is a paling stout and spikey? 

Won't it make you lose your wits, 

Writing groats and saying grits? 

It's a dark abyss or tunnel: 

Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, 

Islington and Isle of Wight, 

Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough -- 

Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? 

Hiccough has the sound of cup. 

My advice is to give up!!!

source: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/english1.html

Facts About English that You Should Know

Do you know? Is that question familiar for you? Yes, It's a question which asking about your knowledge related to somethings or some facts. And, do you know some facts about English. No need to answer, I have listed 10 facts about English that you should know. I hope it useful and here are the list:

1. English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language?
2. Over 400 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue, only surpassed in numbers, but not in distribution by speakers of the many varieties of Chinese?
3. Over 700 million people speak English, as a foreign language?
4. Of all the world's languages (over 2,700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary; and that the Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words, and a further half-million technical and scientific terms remain uncatalogued?
5. Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English?
6. The main language used throughout the world on the internet is English?
7. More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English?
8. English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers?
9. English is the language of navigation, aviation and of Christianity; it is the ecumenical language of the World Council of Churches?
10. Five of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people all over the world?

The 13 Longest and Most Difficult Words in English!

This time, I want to share something amazing and wonderful in english. It's up to you to believe it or not. But, I warn you to not read it if you have "fear of long words". Yeah, I want to share 13 longest and most difficult words in english. Let's take a look!

1. Honorificabilitudinitatibus

This word has 27 letters which appears in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V, Scene I, which means “invincible glorious” or “Honorableness.” It is the ablative plural of the Latin contrived honorificabilitudinitas, which is an extension of honorificabilis meaning “honorableness.” This word was spoken by Costard in Shakespeare’s plays:

O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.

I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;

for thou art not so long by the head as

honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier

swallowed than a flap-dragon.

2. Antidisestablishmentarianism
This is the best known long word which has 28 letters. It means “opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th century England” as explained in Dictionary.com. Specifically, it is the political philosophy that is opposed to the separation of the church and state. This term originated in the context of the 19th century Church of England, antidisestablishmentarians were opposed to proposals to remove its status as the state church of England. It has been quoted once by the British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-1898. This word can be broken down as follows:

-ism………………....The philosophy of
-arian………………..those people who believe in
-anti…………………opposition to
-dis…………………..the removal of
-establishment…….The Church of England as the official state church

3. Floccinaucinihilipilification

This 30-letters word is a non-scientific English word and it appears in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. It is longer than antidisestablishmentarianism. The 1992 Guinness Book of World Records calls floccinaucinihilipilification “the longest real word in the Oxford English Dictionary,” whereas it calls pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis “the longest made-up word in the Oxford English Dictionary.” It means “act or habit to deny the value of some particular things” but some dictionaries translate it as “the act of considering something to be worthless.” It was formed by Estonian scholars, who searched for as many Latin words meaning “nothing” or “not very much as possible”: flocci (means “a little bit,” but literally it means “a bit of wool”), nauci (means very little), nihili (means “nothing”), pili (means “very little”); fused them together, and then added the suffix “fication” on the end, to give the sense of an action.

This word has been used by Sir Walter Scott and Senators Robert Byrd and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It was used by Senator Jesse Helms in 1999 during the debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty [Randolph V. Cinco]. It also appeared on March 14, 1996, in “Zippy,” a comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate:

Do you think I may be too quick to find fault with things and people, Zippy?

Yeh.

Th’ ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’ process.

Th’ what?

Floccinaucinihilipilification!! It means ‘the estimation of something as valueless’!

You've been randomly reading th’ dictionary, haven't you?

Yes. That and my natural tendency toward antifloccinaucinihilipilification!!

Floccinaucinihilipilification was also used by Press Secretary Mike McCurry in his December 6, 1995, White House Press Briefing in discussing Congressional Budget Office estimates and assumptions: “But if you—as a practical matter of estimating the economy, the difference is not great. There’s a little bit of floccinaucinihilipilification going on here.”

4. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
1949: Parker & Young (unpublished song-title): Supercalafajalistickespialadojus.
1951: Parker & Young (song-title): Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus; or, The super song.
1964: R. M. & R. B; Sherman (song-title): Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
1967: Decisions U.S. Courts involving Copyright 1965-66 488 The complaint alleges copyright infringement of plaintiff’s song `Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus’ by defendants’ song ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’ (All variants of this tongue twister will hereinafter be referred to collectively as ‘the word’.)
Above citations show that this stunning word has been noted for its first four letters from 1949 to 1967.

This 34-letters word appears in the Oxford English Dictionary. It is a word specifically created for a song in the movie Mary Poppins until its film version of the musical was popular enough that everyone got to know this word.

5. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

This English word has 36 letters. It is somewhat ironic that the word for “fear of long words” as it should be has a length of 6.2 cm.

6. Hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies

This 39-letter long is the longest word found in Gould’s Medical Dictionary. It is a surgical terminology, which refers to surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder.

7. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
This 45-letter long word is the longest word found in dictionaries. According to the eighth edition of Webster dictionary, it means, “pneumoconiosis disease caused by inhaling small particles of quartzite.” This is the scientific name for a coal miner’s disease, which is particularly caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. It is the lung disease that miners in Africa came down with from getting silicon silvers in their lungs.


On Feb. 23, 1935, the New York Herald-Tribune reported on page 3:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis succeeded electrophotomicrographically as the longest word in the English language recognized by the National Puzzlers’ League at the opening session of the organization’s 103d semi-annual meeting held yesterday at the Hotel New Yorker.

8. Antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops of the coprofied

This word has 50 letters. There is a display of one French writer’s ancient story in a library shelf, with this long English word as its book title.

9. Osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary

This word has 51 letters. It is a terminology related to an anatomy. It appeared in a novel called “Headlong Hall” written by an English writer, 1785-1866.

10. Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic

This word is at 52 letters, describing the spa water at Bath, England. It was invented by the British Medical author, Dr. Edward Strother, 1675-1737. This word is composed of the following elements:

Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo)

Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus)

Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx)

Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera)

Aluminoso: alumina (Latin)

Cupreo: from “copper”

Vitriolic: resembling vitriol

11. Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

This word has 100 letters. It appeared in the book titled “Finnegan wake” written by Irish author, Andean James Joyce, 1882-1942. This word refers to the downfall of Adam and Eve.

12. Lopado temakho selakho galeo kranio-leipsano drim hypotrimmato silphio kar-abo melito katakekhy meno kikhl epikossy-pho phatto perister alektryon opto keph-allio kigklopeleio lagōio siraio bap-hē tragano pterýgōne

This word has 182 letters and is derived from the Greek word, originating from the drama script of comedy titled “ecclesiazusae” written by a Greek writer, Aristophanes, 448-385 BC. It refers to spicy foods that cooked from the remaining vegetables and beef. It is a frictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes’ comedy Assemblywomen.

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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, 18th edition, this 1,909-letters-long word is regarded as the world’s longest word in the English language. This word has also included in the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts. It is the longest real word of a Tryptophan Synthetase (its scientific name is Methionylglutaminy … serine) A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids which describes a protein in the amino acid of a strand of DNA. The shortened version of this protein is known as titin, or sometimes conectin, which is involved in striated muscle formation. Its empirical formula is C_{132983H211861}N₃₆₁₄₉O_40883S693.

So, what do you things? They are Beautiful, Amazing and wonderful, aren't they?

I wanna say "thank you"

This time I wanna give you 55 phrases to say "Thank you". 

Thanks

1. Thanks a ton.

2. Thanks a bunch.

3. Thanks a million.

4. Thanks for everything.

5. Thanks a ton for helping out.

6. I am very thankful for all of you.

7. A million thank-yous to you once again.

8. All I can say is, Thanks!

9. Thank you for helping me.

10. Thank you for giving me a hand.

11. Thank you for never letting me down.

12. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me.

13. Thank you for your help/assistance/support/thoughtfulness.

14. Thank you for all your kindness.

15. You have my thanks.

16. I can't thank you enough.

17. All my love and thanks to you.

18. Please accept my best thanks.

19. Please accept my deepest thanks.

20. I thank you most warmly.

21. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

22. Words can't describe how thankful I am.

23. Thanks for being there when I needed you.

Gratitude

24. I am truly grateful (for your help).

25. I’ll forever be grateful.

26. I am all gratitude to you.

27. You have my gratitude.

28. My gratitude to you (for all you have done).

29. Please accept my sincerest gratitude.

30. How can I show you how grateful I am?

31. It is hard to find words to express my gratitude.

Obligation

32. I am much obliged to your kindness.

33. I am much obliged (for all your help you have given me these past few years).

Appreciate

34. I truly appreciate you.

35. I really appreciate it.

36. I appreciate your time/generosity.

37. I cannot express my appreciation.

38. I greatly appreciate all of your kind words.

Complimenting

39. That was lovely!

40. That was very kind of you!

41. That was very sweet of you!

42. You are very generous.

43. It was so awesome of you.

44. Your generosity overwhelms me.

45. You are a life saver.

46. You've made my day.

47. That’s so kind of you.

Others

48. What would I do without you?

49. I will never forget what you have done

50. I’m honored to be part of this important group.

51. I’m delighted to heart it.

52. I am very much in your debt.

53. I am much beholden to you (for your kind help).

54. I will forever be beholden to you (for all you have done for me).

55. All this time, I own you hell a lot. What you've done for me, I shall never forget.

"How do you do?" vs "How are you?"

How do you do?

This is not a question. It is another, very formal way of saying "Hello." It is also very British.

The correct response is; "Pleased to meet you." or "How do you do." or just "Hello."

We ONLY really use it the FIRST TIME we meet someone.

How are you?

This is a question, but the person asking it doesn't really want to know the truth about your aching back or hangover.

A polite response is; "I'm fine thanks. And you?"

So, I'm not gonna say "How do you do?" but I will say "How are you?". In other word, I wish I could say "How do you do?".

If you have questions or idea please tell me. I am happy to responds them.

Sometime, Some time, and Sometimes

The adverb sometime (one word) means "at an indefinite or unstated time in the future." The phrase some time (two words) means "a period of time." The adverb sometimes (one word) means "occasionally, now and then."

Examples:

1.  "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

      (Mae West in She Done Him Wrong, 1933)

2.  "You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for

      others--something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

       (Albert Schweitzer)

3.   "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

      (Oscar Wilde)

Practice:

(a) "_____ a scream is better than a thesis." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

(b) "I've been trying for _____ to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence." (Garry Trudeau)

(c) "If you want an interesting party _____, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." (Robert Fulghum)

Try to answer the practice session in comment!

high and tall

There are pairs of words in English language that are near synonyms but are still different in meanings as they are to be used in different contexts. One such pair is that containing the words tall and high. Most people would say that they understand the meaning of these two words and also the differences between them. However, these words, because of their similarities, pose lots of difficulties for non natives as they seem to use them interchangeably which causes problems. This article attempts to highlight the differences between tall and high to enable readers to use them in right contexts.

Tall

Tall is a word that refers to height of a person or an object. So when your teacher asks you how tall you are, he is actually interested in knowing the height in inches or meters. The same is true for a building or a mountain, as when its height is told in meters, when talk about their tallness. So a person can be tall or short depending upon his height. Two people can be compared on the basis of their height and thus we know who is taller between the two.

High

High is a word that is used to describe the elevation of a structure from the ground. So a building is high as it is raised from the ground. Herein lies the catch. A building can be tall as well as high. However, tall reflects the fact the building is taller or shorter in comparison to other buildings. On the other hand, high building reflects its elevation from the ground.

High has another meaning, and it relates to the emotional state of a person. It could also relate to the body temperature of the person as when we say that a person has a high fever. A person is said to be high when he has had alcohol or any other drugs.

Here is the illustration and sample: 

ing and ed in interest and excite

-ing

We use the -ing form of interest to talk about the
subject. 
For example:

1. When I was in Oz I met so many interesting people.
2. The road trip to the outback was exciting.
3. Darling Harbour is an interesting place to visit.
4. I had an exciting time in Melbourne riding bicycles.

-ed

We use the -ed form of interest to talk about how people
feel. 
For example:

1. I’m interested in Australian history.
2. Doni was excited to go on a tram around Sydney.
3. I’m interested to go to Oz to see Uluru.
4. He was excited to see the koalas at the Australia Zoo.

Good luck learning English!

other and another

Another

"Another" is used when you are talking about a singular countable noun. 

For example 
1. Here is another book for you to read.
Explanation: Book being singular and countable.

2. Next year, another film from The Fast and The Furious is going to release.
Explanation: Film being singular and countable noun.

Other

"Other" is used when you are talking about plural (more than one) or uncountable nouns. 

For example 
1. There are other people who have been invited. 
Explanation: People being plural.

2. There is other information available at the library.
Explanation: Information being uncountable.

Another use of the word 'other' is when it is used as 'the other'.
This is used when you are talking about a specific noun. 

For example:
1. I go to the office Monday to Friday, the other days of the week I stay at home.

come and go

Both basically have the same meaning but the direction is different.

come

"Come" is used when the movement is towards the speaker. It is also used when the movement is towards the person spoken to.

1. Johan is coming to see me next week.
2. Is Penny able to come to your party next week?
3. Can you come here please.

go

"Go" is used when the movement is away from the speaker. It is also used when the movement is away from the person spoken to.

1. I am going to see Johan next week.
2. Is Penny able to go to John's party?
3. Can you go there please.

Some exceptions:

Idiomatically we use "come from" when talking about where our home town/state/country.

• He comes from Wales.
• I come from Melbourne.

Go is often used with "to"

• John is going to bed.
• I am going to work.
• I will go to the concert tomorrow.

Of course there are some exceptions to the go + to

• I will go home.
• I think we should go downtown.

And finally 'go' is often used with adverbs of place and direction.

• Please go inside.
• Go away! You are annoying me.
• He will go down to the river this afternoon.

Have a great afternoon.

Preface

When you read the title of this blog and looking for something funny like when you read ONLY IN MALAY or ONLY IN INDIA. You get the wrong number, you will not find something like that here. I personally write this blog with title Only in English in order to give some advises about daily English. Beside the title says English not England. Ok? So, I you want to close this blog just do it now and don't you dare to comeback because if you read it further i am afraid it will give you addiction effect.

Now that we have been in the same page, I want to remain you that what I write here is not guideline to gain more point in TOEFL test or IELTS test but maybe it can help. It's all depend on you, if you want to learn it more seriously then it might help but if you just read it as it goes it might help but a little. If you really want to improve your scores in those tests I recommend you to read published book about them like from Kaplan or Collins or others.

I don't want to talk much in preface, I hope this blog can be used by everyone and it useful from them.

Thank you.