Maybe your heart is broken, or you want to say someone’s smile is beautiful or that you feel it in your soul. Then, you have noun shame. You wouldn’t dare let those over used words drip out of your ...

A noun is a naming word used for a person or a thing. Learn more about constructing sentences using nouns in French. In French, unlike in English, most adjectives come after the noun. Learn more about ...

A fun primary english game where you help a publishing director create a bestselling horror story from one that sometimes falls a bit flat. Choose nouns and adjectives to give it more impact and make ...

One of my aggravating moments is when I read in a newspaper, or hear on a television newscast, the total misuse of the words “democracy” (noun), democratic (adjective), and Democrat (proper noun). How ...

Before 2006, I never gave much thought to nominalizations — noun forms like “beauty” and “the scheduling” that at heart are really adjectives like “beautiful” or verbs like “to schedule.” I was ...

In marketing, it's become quite popular to use an adjective as a noun. Take a look at some examples collected by branding expert Nancy Friedman: Find your fabulous (Thai Tourism and others) From our ...

The Pope wants us to stop using so many adjectives. In a speech on Monday to the Dicastery for Communications, the Vatican’s communications authority, Pope Francis urged people not to describe ...

This season, the hottest character on “Saturday Night Live” is Stefon, Bill Hader’s methed-up club promoter whose description of a good venue sounds like something out of a terrible fever dream. Hader ...

You probably noticed this place is called Mount Scary. Well, that’s not because of the mountain. Allow me to explain. Y’see, she’s not just a yeti… she’s a scary yeti. Scary is an adjective. An ...