The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas.

Grammar expert June Casagrande tackles the use of hyphens with a close look at eight multiword terms that writers sometimes ...

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Debate in the courts over the legality of Trump's deployment of troops to U.S. cities has centered on the definition of the ...

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It’s the teenage lingo that’s sweeping the nation, and now it’s the word of the year. Dictionary.com named 67 (six-seven) its ...

The word “macabre” means something that is disturbing and horrifying. It is an adjective, and it often describes involvement with or depiction of death and injury. The word “macabre” is pronounced ...

Go to this link from the New York Times and start guessing words. That's a topic we've covered a bunch here. According to the ...

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Given that I’ve ended up shouldering nearly all of the Power Polls this season, I admit I’m starting to burn out a bit. This ...