Do we lose something when words are shortened, verbs are reinvented, and swearing becomes casual? From vanishing prepositions to newly minted verbs, these everyday alterations chart cultural drift, ...

Jonathan Kwan (@migrationethics) is the Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. What term should we use to ...

Hi, I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here, I'm gonna show you how English is really spoken. It'll help you to become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. You ready? Come on, ...

Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.

Language experts agree that no single English language rule exists for terms like "farmers market," "couple's retreat" or ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

Særskrivning, or writing compound words in Danish incorrectly as two separate words, is a common mistake among Danish learners (and among Danes in general, for that matter). But how do you avoid them?

Abstract: The authors present a method by which a robot can learn the meanings of words from unlabeled correct examples in context. The "word trees" method consists of reconstructing the speaker's ...

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is contemplating stricter rules around discussing Israeli nationalism on its platforms, a major policy change that could stifle criticism and free ...

The English language has many words that definitely look and sound similar but they carry different meanings. One of the most common confusion that arises between two words is "Beside" and "Besides".

One Word Substitution means using a single word to replace a long phrase or sentence without changing its original meaning. It helps make communication more clear, concise, and effective. These ...