From The Fresno Bee Editorial Board: "As parents tell misbehaving youngsters, both sides need to make nice and learn how to ...

From corporate buzzwords to social media slang, these overused expressions have worn out their welcome. How many on the list ...

150 Big Words That Will Make You Sound Fancy and Smart—and What They Mean originally appeared on Parade.

The 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee gathers some of the best young spellers of the English language.

Burgess is an award-winning author and poetry teacher and Salati is a Caledecott Medalist. They now have an illustrated book ...

“… As [Charles] Darwin observed, humans have a deep-seated craving for novelty and expressiveness, and they are constantly ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls them “untranslatable words” – those that do not have English equivalents – that have been imported into the English language by speakers to fill a ...

But did you know the Irish language has left its mark on the English language in more ways than you might think? From smithereens to tory, there are many common words that you probably didn’t ...

English is a perfect example. (“English words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back,” Feb. 3) Old English, used in much of present-day Britain before the year 1066, was based on ...