I was lucky enough to see Mariah Carey live on stage at the Singapore Grand Prix last night. However, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw her in this T-shirt:
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Idioms in Music: Lady Gaga Lyrics Explained
If you’re teaching or learning English, one way to keep things interesting is to look at the use of idioms in music. One musician who certainly knows how to rock idioms is Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga shocked the world in 2011 when she appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards wearing a dress made of meat… yuk! Love her or loathe her, her songs can be actually very useful if you are learning English as a second language. In this article, we take a look at the idioms contained within some of Lady Gaga’s most popular songs and tell you exactly what they mean.
10 Very Funny Restaurant Signs
We love receiving links to funny bloopers. These funny restaurant signs were sent in from a professor of English who uses them in her class.
The following funny restaurant and hotel signs are real. We think the people who wrote these are in desperate need of our professional proofreading services!
P.S. If you like these, you’ll love our President Bush Bloopers.
Introductory Phrases. What Are They and Why Should You Care?
Last week we promised to share some of our proofreader’s tricks of the trade and because we’re great at keeping promises, here they are. Again we’re looking at the common English errors that proofreaders will look for when they are studying a document. This week we’re going to stick with the comma theme and explore another one of the errors that seem to appear regularly: failing to use a comma after introductory phrases or words.
President Bush Bloopers. He Never Lets Us Down.
These funny President Bush bloopers prove that we all make mistakes. Can you believe he said some of this stuff though?
If you like these, you’ll love our reasons why proofreading is important.
How a Trip to Starbucks Can Make you an Expert Proofreader
Many people rely on a strong cup of coffee to get them through the morning, but new research suggests that a daily fix of caffeine can actually help to improve your proofreading skills. According to Tad Brunye, a senior cognitive scientist at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Massachusetts, caffeine … Read more