I recently fielded questions about two subject-verb agreement errors that readers noticed in the media. One was heard on an NPR program. The other was committed by, um, a columnist who should have ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, tiger has two verb senses—you can use it to mean “To act, behave, or walk to and fro, like a tiger,” or, for obvious reasons, “To mark like a ...

Three-Word Phrase, First Word: Verb This week's on-air puzzle has a familiar three-word phrase in which the first word is a verb, ... Name a well-known movie in five letters, two syllables.

“Mr. Grinch! The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: Stink, stank, stunk!” This wonderful lesson in irregular verbs is from the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr ...

I can’t wait until the Spanish verbs truly kick in for my daughter. It’s easy to think that language is all about nouns: ‘truck,” “waiter,” “house,” “roast beef.” ...

Sometimes you know a word has two forms, but you 're not sure which one is appropriate to use in the situation at hand. This happens a lot with verbs, where past-tense forms can compete for ...

Nouns and verbs are learned in different parts of the brain Date: February 25, 2010 Source: Plataforma SINC Summary: Two Spanish psychologists and a German neurologist have recently shown that the ...

Two-year-olds can begin to acquire verb meanings in socially impoverished contexts. Cognition , 2013; 129 (3): 569 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.08.021 Cite This Page : ...