English is such a funny language. Why on earth will you park on Driveways and drive on Parkways? I thought the suffix -less and -ful were meant for opposite as in merciless and merciful not until I found out that Shameless and shameful attitudes were exactly of the same meaning.
Is it not funny when you have a word serving about 6 meanings with two of them contradicting each other? Try out "bound", the guy is bound to make any of the two choices means he's free and the guy is bound by circumstances to stay away will mean he's not free- he's "bound".
Why does night fall and never break and the day break and never fall? When you're excited- it's a light mood and when sad- it's a heavy one.
Isn't it funny when The third hand of a clock is called a second hand and the middle one is called minute hand which is supposed to mean "tiny".
One would expect the plural of mouse to be mouses when that of house is houses but it is mice, would it then be correct to assume the singular form of nice is nouse. In fact, if the plural of Stadium is Stadia, then Claudia must be the singular of Claudium- don't you agree?
English is so funny. I had to make myself believe that the addition of "s" which makes some noun become plural is the same which makes verbs become singular. Try this- the Girl attends a school and young Girls attend Schools.
When it's transported by car- it's a shipment and if it's by ship- then it's a cargo. If it is with 2 cycles it is bi-cycle, 3 is tri-cycle, now I wonder why one with 4 cycles is called a vehicle.
It's funny when the sun and the moon can come up and go down but prices go up and come down.
When a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Or why is it called a Tv set when it is only one.
Isn't it funny when You can smell with your feet and your nose can run? Or when the plural of Tooth is teeth and that of booth is not beeth?
It's even very funny when you try to understand what baby oil is made from if olive oil is made from Olive and groundnut oil is made from groundnuts.
English is funny in a lot of ways- share yours below.
Is it not funny when you have a word serving about 6 meanings with two of them contradicting each other? Try out "bound", the guy is bound to make any of the two choices means he's free and the guy is bound by circumstances to stay away will mean he's not free- he's "bound".
Why does night fall and never break and the day break and never fall? When you're excited- it's a light mood and when sad- it's a heavy one.
Isn't it funny when The third hand of a clock is called a second hand and the middle one is called minute hand which is supposed to mean "tiny".
One would expect the plural of mouse to be mouses when that of house is houses but it is mice, would it then be correct to assume the singular form of nice is nouse. In fact, if the plural of Stadium is Stadia, then Claudia must be the singular of Claudium- don't you agree?
English is so funny. I had to make myself believe that the addition of "s" which makes some noun become plural is the same which makes verbs become singular. Try this- the Girl attends a school and young Girls attend Schools.
When it's transported by car- it's a shipment and if it's by ship- then it's a cargo. If it is with 2 cycles it is bi-cycle, 3 is tri-cycle, now I wonder why one with 4 cycles is called a vehicle.
It's funny when the sun and the moon can come up and go down but prices go up and come down.
When a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Or why is it called a Tv set when it is only one.
Isn't it funny when You can smell with your feet and your nose can run? Or when the plural of Tooth is teeth and that of booth is not beeth?
It's even very funny when you try to understand what baby oil is made from if olive oil is made from Olive and groundnut oil is made from groundnuts.
English is funny in a lot of ways- share yours below.