Eighty-one years ago James Thurber wrote a piece for the New Yorker titled “Here Lies Miss Groby.” Being a humorist, cartoonist, journalist and playwright, known for his light and amusing narrative ...

Last week, I wrote about half of the “Top 20 Figures of Speech.” As I was re-reading the list for this week, I realized two things. First, knowing the names isn’t important. Just recognizing places to ...

There will be no messing around in this corner today. This morning, we’re going to talk about figures of speech. We’ll start with metaphors and similes and then work into neat things like the ...

Grammar schools are educating the highest number of students in at least two decades, an analysis of official figures suggests. The latest study shows that number of grammar school pupils, aged 11 to ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...