LYRICS OR LETTERS?

Good morning / afternoon / evening everyone, depending on when you are reading this. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. 

How would you complete the following sentence?

Do you know the __________ to the Rolling Stone's song "Satisfaction?"
a) letters
b) lyrics

Hopefully you chose (b). In English the words of a song are called lyrics and not letters. Letters are things you send to people in the mail, or the symbols that you use to spell words (a, b, c, d, e, f, etc.).

The difference is very simple, but nonetheless this false friend often causes confusion amongst English students.

For more practice, I challenge you to come up with your own original sentences for each of these nouns. You can post your sentences on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter) and we will give you feedback about your sentences as soon as possible.

Enjoy the rest of your day!