This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French verb 'serrer'. Read More
To, too and two are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a short guide to help understand the difference between them. to To is a preposition. You can use to in a large number of different ways. She went to the window and looked… Read More
The latest instalment of our Learning French blog examines the expressions that are useful for talking about past, present and future events. Read More
On the workbench today are two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different endings, genders and meanings. These are madera and madero. Let’s split apart their differences. Read More
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French noun 'heure'. Read More
While the British and the Americans understand each other the vast majority of the time, there are still many important differences between British and US English, which can lead to confusion or humorous misunderstandings. On paper, the most obvious difference between British and American English is the spelling (just as… Read More
Another opportunity to look at the commonest senses of some similar-looking nouns with different endings and genders and ink in their differences. This week’s words are tinta (feminine) and tinto (masculine), and perhaps we should throw in tinte… Read More
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French adverb 'aussi'. Read More
Its and it’s are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a short guide to help understand the difference between them. its Its is a possessive determiner. You use its to show that something belongs or relates to a thing, place, animal, or child. The… Read More