Tag: word column

That Figures

One of the definitions of figure is “a diagram or picture.” At the most basic level, figurative language is language that names or describes an image with words.For example, if we say “words paint...

How Gender Bends Meaning

English does not have grammatical gender—nouns are not classified as “masculine” or “feminine” as they are in other European languages. But we do have words that denote gender, like man or girl. There is...
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