Tip of the Tongue

No day of the week, with the possible exception of Sunday, is as linguistically busy as the fifth day of Western calendar and sixth day of ...

Writing on a certain level is a lonely affair, with the writer bravely trying to fill the blank screen or paper with the intended idea in s...

The sheer richness of vocabulary in English allows it to express a myriad of intonations (to the delight of writers and pain of learners). ...

Culture is a word of many meanings.  To some, it means knowledge of literature and art.  With a small “c”, it implies the stated and unstat...

During a recent seminar on professional positioning, the participants had an interesting discussion  on the correctness of writing in a pro...

As a teacher and a translator, I live in worlds that focus on words.  Yet, pedagogy and translation take radically different approaches.  I...

English is a practical language, but not ideal for people that like rules, such as non-native English learners.  One example is the masculi...