What’s with the “extra extra”, “round round” and “red red” adjectives in the English advertisements in India and in our own speech? Some of us are notorious for using duplicate words or two or more superfluous words when we communicate. I think the urge to stress something makes us do Read more…
“I can’t able to understand.” Is the above sentence correct? ‘Can’ and ‘Able’ both refer to ability. You don’t need both the words to convey what you want to. You can say “I can’t understand” or “I am not able to understand”. But use of can and able together is Read more…
Here’s an incorrect sentence we say or hear often in India: “Be rest assured that the work will be done”. What are the correct versions, then? “Be assured that the work will be done”: someone here is asking you to feel assured or in other words, is assuring you that Read more…
APOGEE Research forum in association with VANETRA Group facilitated a panel discussion about women in STE(A)M industry. This was hosted by Muthayammal College or Arts and Science. This well organized women’s forum brought out many useful discussions on the 24th Jan of 2023. It was a pleasure to hear the Read more…
Let’s be worthy of the trust others put in us. Handle the information, documents and resources you are entrusted with carefully. When friends tell you confidential information, don’t share it with others and betray their trust. Treat the confidential information at your work place carefully, seriously and protect it by Read more…
Introduction Yet another popular fable from Aesop, “The Honest Woodcutter” portrays honesty overcoming temptation. It is a remarkable story. The woodcutter refuses to accept the golden and silver axes offered to him by a god/goddess in place of the iron axe he had lost. The god impressed with his honesty Read more…
“I don’t think so it is a good idea”. Do you think the above sentence is correct? If not, what is the correct form? Correct: I don’t think it is a good idea. They say it is a good idea. I don’t think so. In “I don’t think so”, ‘so’ Read more…
We are all too familiar with the Beauty and the Beast story. We enjoyed the classic in our times and the animated versions of it. You can find a couple of versions of it, for your recollection and enjoyment, in the references below. You have wondered what the moral of Read more…
Aesop’s “The Fox and the Stork” is witty and strategic. I enjoyed reading it as a child and rereading it as an adult. But as a parent of a 3 year old, I find myself telling it with a modification to remove hostility and cunning.
Did you love listening to stories from your mom, dad, siblings and others? Now, you can be on the other side and influence a young one’s life positively. Story telling has many advantages including the following. Advantages Bonding Even before my child could recognize alphabets, I sat down with her Read more…