False friends A Spanish woman was on a train in Australia. She said "Can I sit down please? I'm embarrassed." What…
Words with 'ough' Enough, cough, thought, although - these four words have similar spellings but very different pronunciation. Find out more about pronouncing words…
Easily confused words Sensible and sensitive are two words that look and sound similar but have very different meanings. They are often confused…
Suffixes: -less & -free Are e-cigarettes harmless or do you think all public places should be smoke-free? Catherine and Neil listen to a…
Prefixes de-, dys-, and dis Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Do you always listen to your doctor or…
Ordinal numbers What's the date today? And do you know how to say it? Find out about ordinal numbers and…
Spoken short forms Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... are these really English words? Who uses them and why? Finn and Catherine give…
Uncountable nouns What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness? And what do those three words have in common? Neil and Catherine…
In, at, on with time expressions Neil is going to a wedding on Saturday, but Catherine likes to relax at the weekend.…
Hyphenation My sixty-year-old mother-in-law did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool and was greatly admired. Why do we write some of those phrases with hyphens but not…