There are different ways to be smart, as Harvard psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner proposed in 1983 with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner believed that there were 8 distinct types of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These quizzes are all about words. How to say them, how to write them, how to define them, and how to use them. If you love ...

The English language is an odd and funny thing. I should know. I studied English as my major and taught the subject to high school students. My daughters avoided giving me their schoolwork to review ...

So, just how much of a grammar genius are you really? This latest quiz by Playbuzz aims to test just how good you are at avoiding one of the most common mistakes in the English language. Each sentence ...

We've all tempted to use words that we're not too familiar with. If this were the only problem, I wouldn't have much to write about. That's because we're cautious with words we're unsure of and, thus, ...

Affect is used as a verb. It means “to influence” such as – “The traffic backup affected everyone’s morning commute.” Effect is used, in most cases, as a noun. It usually is interpreted as meaning “a ...

It’s embarrassing but true, even the best of us can misspeak and use a word incorrectly. Can't figure out the difference between "affect" and "effect." Squabbled over the meaning of "factoid"? Ever ...

It seems the grammatical blunder is worse in the use of verbs than possible in others. It is NOT ‘felicitate with, clap for him, ordered for, requested for, emphasise on, comprise of, ’ etc, as a ...

We’re all tempted to use words that we’re not too familiar with. If this were the only problem, I wouldn’t have much to write about. That’s because we’re cautious with words we’re unsure of, and, thus ...