Explore how words are used in headlines: examine the word order, word classes, ambiguity and more. This clip is suitable for teaching English at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.

Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or ...

After all, both are designed to mirror college-level English courses and contain the common word “composition ... course options with care. Both classes presume native or near-native proficiency ...

Besides accents, it is a popular view, reinforced in media and pop culture, that certain words are used specifically by people of certain classes. For example, in the book Watching the English ...