English is no longer just a language, it is an infrastructure for participation in work, travel, education, and global ...

In response to an email last month, I threw some questions out to readers: Is it snobbish to worry about other people’s grammar and usage? Does this kind of thing really matter, as long as people can ...

Language forms the backbone of communal existence. It doesn't take long to discover this if you've ever traveled to a place where you don't speak the language. "Where is the nearest bathroom?", "How ...

A comprehensive, corpus-based grammar reference specially written for the advanced student. The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English provides a thorough examination of the structures ...

Have you ever felt a knot of anxiety tighten in your stomach when someone asks you a question in English? Perhaps you can ...

In the early 20th century linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf thrilled his contemporaries by noting that the Hopi language, spoken by Native American people in what is now Arizona, had no words or grammatical ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg–who previously suggested so-so students skip college to become plumbers–dished out some more advice to young people Friday morning during his weekly radio show. Mr. Bloomberg, ...