English Enjoyed with Thomas on Instagram: "The Suffixes That Define Us Add a few letters and suddenly you’ve got a job. Teach → Teacher Detect → Detective Correspond → Correspondent In English, we love a good suffix—those charming little endings that tell the world what sort of person you are, or at the very least, what sort of person you claim to be. Sadly, there’s no definitive rule for which suffix to use—English just expects you to *know*, like how to pair port with pudding, or how to depart

US Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Biden

Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?