Often you come across words that are paired together but maybe completely contradictory in meaning such as awfully good,  pretty ugly, random order, small crowd etc. These word pairs are known as oxymoron.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms in conjunction, which means two words that ironically contradict each other.  Learn more about oxymorons by checking out some of these funny examples.

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This is a great way to "gift" the English language to your friends, relatives, colleagues and partners. The Certificate is a modern and useful present for any occasion; birthdays, anniversaries, festivals – any time you want to share!

This is a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here is the list of words that are most commonly misspelled ('misspell' is one of them).

Distance learning (e-learning) industry has been booming lately. With all its advantages this approach is proven to be very effective. Great article that addresses the factual elements that describe the rapid growth of distance learning was recently published by the USDLA (United States Distance Learning Association).

Source: http://www.usdla.org/html/aboutUs/researchInfo.htm

One of the key features of the English language is the willingness to accept new words and phrases from other languages and of course to create new words itself.  English is very relaxed when it comes to evolving which has allowed the language to be very flexible. This helps keeps it modern and relevant and helps spread its influence.