A few months ago, I started to notice people talking about spoons in a weird way, so I investigated and found that people are using an interesting concept called “spoon theory.” Also this week, we look at why nouns are more complicated than you may think, and we dig into concrete, abstract, collective, and compound nouns–how you can identify them, how you can tell them apart, and what makes them fun.
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