Interloper View

Non native English speakers are sometimes confused by borrow and lend. This is the trick I thought my daughter. B comes first in the alphabets and L comes later. So when we borrow an item, the item comes to us and when we lend an item, the item leaves us.

When doing crossword, we sometimes have a fixed number of spaces and have specific words in between. This web site will help. The tip provided on how to use it is as follow: Use a hyphen (dash) to give the location of a missing letter: w-rd or -are Use an asterisk (star) for any number of unknown letters: lett* or *gry or ar*ct Exclude words containing the letters that follow a caret (hat): ma-e ^kt Or enter a few letters (without hyphens or asterisks) to see if they make any words.

If you have a scrambled word you need to unscramble here is a resource to help you do that.

I was thinking the other day the following sentences: A bear carrying baby. A bear-carrying baby. In the first statement, the bear is carrying the baby and in the second statement the baby is carrying the bear. However, when you say both sentences, the sound almost the same. So the question is how do you differentiate the two. Any suggestions? Or is my thinking flawed?