Beyond the Rhetoric

Every Wednesday, I take a stroll through the blogosphere to see what other bloggers have to say. As is usually the case around these parts, today’s collection is quite varied in nature. Enjoy! Melody Fury, who provides the photo at the top of today’s post, gives us a glimpse into a beautiful home-cooked meal courtesy [...]

English is a remarkably difficult language to learn if it isn’t your mother tongue. Let’s not even talk about all the grammar rules (and all the exceptions to all those grammar rules). Let’s even forget about idioms like the one above with questionable roots. What about idioms that can be contradicted with other idioms? Interestingly [...]