Make Your Point

05/30/2017

Who's up for bounty hunter bowling? :)

Check it out along with 18 other whimsical pairings of guide words from the dictionary. http://www.HiloTutor.com/blog_guidewords.html

12/21/2016

Kitto Kattsu! :) A fun article from Dan Lewis about the "linguistic accident" involving Kit Kats in Japan.

http://nowiknow.com/japans-lucky-break/

Japan’s Lucky Break December 21, 2016 It’s a trend that’s recently taken American grocery stores by storm: limited-edition and oddly-flavored Oreo cookies. The classic cookie dates back to 1912 and is, in its most basic form, pretty simple — two chocolate-flavored wafer cookies on either side of a w...

11/29/2016

"Recumbent," illustrated. :)

Truth!!! 😄😄😄

11/28/2016

Well chosen, Dictionary.com. (Study this word at www.HiloTutor.com/archives_xenophobic.html)

At Dictionary.com we aim to pick a Word of the Year that embodies a major theme resonating deeply in the cultural consciousness over the prior 12 months. This year, some of the most prominent news stories have centered around fear of the “other.” Fear is an adaptive part of human evolutionary histor...

10/29/2016

At least once a day. :)

05/30/2015

Verbs exert the most power when they're simple and clear. Here are some favorites, the ones I rely on most when helping students edit their writing.

05/15/2015

Hi, very few and valued viewers! :) I've set up this page for "Make Your Point," but it's really just a placeholder at the moment. I'm not sure if I'm going to use it for much, but message me please if you have fabulously creative ideas about what to use it for! :)

If you don't already know, "Make Your Point" is my nerdy vocabulary passion. It's a free daily email that teaches vocabulary, helping you say exactly what you mean with no wasted words. You can sign up at www.HiloTutor.com/myp.html.

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