This article profiles and explains the words, phrases, rules, exceptions, and devices that define the English language in its modern form.

Think saying um and uh makes you sound unprepared? These tiny hesitation words play an important role in how we think, speak, and communicate.

The liaison is a crucial part of making your French sound natural and native - but why do some French words flow together while others don't?

Many people feel this way and cannot take the first step. In this series, we will learn the English actually used in overseas remote work through the story of "teaching Japanese while traveling." The ...

When Natasha Ann Lum was growing up, there was no place for Singlish – an English-based creole language in Singapore – at home. Her father was adamant that Lum and her brother not speak with broken ...

This time, we will focus on the classic 'by' that comes at the end of passive voice sentences. When the subject (S) of the original sentence becomes passive, it moves to the end as 'by [someone]' and ...

The impending arrival of El Niño will help keep the number of storms low. But it only takes one landfall to create a catastrophe. Atlantic hurricane season is almost upon us, and the early signs ...

Learning resources, including a video and downloadable worksheets for adults about what grammar and what are word types ...

Self-doubt hangs like a cloud over Courtney Barnett. It has long been one of the dominant threads connecting her work. Do you really want to go to that party, or would you rather enjoy a quiet night ...

Why are they so difficult? Often they aren't easy to translate, but even when there's a translation, it doesn't always apply, because English prepositions have lots of meanings and uses.

This study investigates the cognitive processing of verb-particle constructions (VPCs) using eye-tracking data to explore how English native speakers process different types of the sequence noun ...