Spell-checkers are so useful, because English is a very difficult language to spell. We have a mixtu
The word like is not well described by the traditional word categories. As I described last week, it
One teacher said, "Tom did his homework like a good boy should." Another teacher said that
The ancient Egyptian language was difficult to write and took a long time to learn. In the Middle Ea
Writing is a very special invention. Language developed spontaneously in all humans, civilised or no
One of the biggest problems with the alphabet is that English has more vowels than A E I O U. The aw
Metaphors are the part of language where a word or phrase is used to suggest a likeness or similarit
Long long ago in a land far far away called Newcastle, I remember my primary three English teacher t
In many Hong Kong schools, teachers say that they teach British English. I have to hold my tongue an
Arguing about which is better British or American English is like two brothers arguing about whose f
