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Are you a “verb” person or a “noun” person? Does it matter? Knowing how you relate to the world around you does matter. In the grand scheme of things, it isn’t critical whether you coordinate your ...

Two Spanish psychologists and a German neurologist have recently shown that the brain that activates when a person learns a new noun is different from the part used when a verb is learnt. The ...

Not every word can proudly serve as both a noun and a verb. How convenient for the word “mentor” to fall in that category! When Googled, the noun form of mentor is defined as “an experienced and ...