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Bomb! 

This is an interesting word.

It has at least three main meanings.  Read More >

English spelling is crazy.

That’s why I don’t teach it — I’m terrible at it! 

So last week when my email software underlined a word for me, I thought I had misspelled it. Read More >

Irony. 

What’s ironic today?

Well, I was thinking about the date: tomorrow is September 1. Read More >

Every week someone asks me about my leg. 

After two months of walking with crutches, the muscles got very week. 

But I’m in the gym three days a week, it’s getting stronger, and sometimes I can even hear…   Read More >

A wise man once said: 

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”

That’s because, if you’re the smartest person, then you’re not learning.   Read More >

On Friday I went to a party.

It was a friend’s birthday. 

And he invited a small group to his apartment to celebrate.  Read More >

In the elevator, the person next to the buttons asks me “Which floor?” 

In the grocery store, the shop assistant wants to know, “Do you have a club card?”

And at the restaurant, the hostess sees me walk in and says “Would you like to sit inside or outside?” Read More >

Yesterday, I showed you a sign. 

I said there were two mistakes. 

I asked you if you could see the mistakes.  Read More >

I’ve definitely seen worse.

But this sign I spotted in the gym today has two mistakes.

Can you find them? Read More >