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.

Yiyun Li’s latest memoir, “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” begins with a careful analysis of a sentence often used to deliver ...

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...

Without such a framework, the language risks continued fragmentation, inconsistent development, and limited functionality in ...

Fast and quick are both adjectives and both mean 'moving or happening at speed'. You can often use either and the meaning is the same. This car is very fast. This car is very quick. The punch was so ...

African American English derives from a historical past of contact between multiple language speakers. It varies across age, ethnicity, class, and gender. There is more than one AAE. | Iryna ...

Australian English is more than just an accent, and the Aussie vernacular can easily leave both English speakers and foreigners perplexed. Australian English is similar to British English, but many ...