Has anyone ever described your personality as quirky? Or perhaps when you turned up at corporate head office casual Friday wearing a pink tutu with tartan tights your outfit was described as ‘quirky’.  You may even have been asked to design or create something...

When we speak or write English, we frequently use words borrowed from other languages. Some common examples are ‘arm’ (from German) and ‘pyjama’ (from Persian and Hindustani). These words have been in the language for so long we no longer think about where they came...

You may have heard the grammatical term ‘noun’ and know that a noun names a person, place or thing. But did you know there are several different types of nouns? A thorough understanding of nouns is important for several reasons, such as knowing when to use an initial...