by Yolaine Bodin | 29 Sep 2016 | French Language
If you have already stumbled over the spelling of demi and wondered if you should sometimes add a final e to get demie or not, be assured you are not the only one, especially since it is a question even many French natives don’t always have the answer to....
by Yolaine Bodin | 22 Sep 2016 | French Language
You want to say 2nd in French and you have learnt that you can say either second or deuxième. It is the only ordinal number where you have the choice between two words in French. Of course, both mean the same and yet, there is a difference. Fortunately, it is...
by Yolaine Bodin | 14 Sep 2016 | English Language
If you are learning English, the chances are that you have already learnt these two phrases: for example and for instance. But there is a question I’m regularly asked in my English classes: “Is there a difference between for example and for instance?” The...
by Yolaine Bodin | 7 Sep 2016 | Translation-wise
If you find the word alley in the middle of an English text, you may be tempted to translate it as allée without giving it a second thought. But are you sure allée is the right choice of words? The short answer is: not always. I’d even say, you will more...