It sounds absurd even to ask if all languages are alike, or even somewhat alike, as anyone studying a foreign language for ...

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English is, truly, a very funny language. With so many different rules pertaining to grammar, it becomes very difficult to ...

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By an act of Congress in 2006, the Gullah-Geechee National Heritage Corridor was created. Running from Pender County, North Carolina, to St. John’s County in Florida, this 12,000-square-mile strip alo ...

Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on ...

A new study from the University of Birmingham reveals that British English speakers tend to be more tolerant of grammar mistakes when they hear them from someone with a foreign accent, compared to ...

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George Orwell famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his ...

O’Donnell slammed the “news media” for “panicked” and “stupid campaign coverage” of Biden’s “garbage” remark, supposedly ...