346 GG Tuxedo Verbs

1155. This week, we look at whether it’s actually true that Inuit languages have hundreds of words for snow with Dr. Charles Kemp. We look at how researchers used a database of 18 million volumes to find out how our environment shapes our vocabulary using the Nida-Conklin princip ... Show More

1154. This week, we look at "headless" nouns like "scarecrow," "pickpocket," and "breakfast." We look at why these "cutthroat compounds" break the normal rules of English grammar. Then, we look at the science of reading versus listening, including how our brains process text diff ... Show More

1153. This week, we look at the high-stakes world of Scrabble tournaments with John Chew, head of the North American Scrabble Players Association. We look at the strict etiquette of the tile bag, why professional players count tiles, and how the official word list is managed for ... Show More

Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses. 

Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs. 

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves. 

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves. 

Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns. 

Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns. 

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said. 

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said. 

Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural. 

Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.