Did you know English didn’t really start out as English? A huge chunk of the language actually comes from elsewhere. In fact, ...

Tired of learning new English words only to forget them the next day? In this lesson, Claire shares five proven strategies to ...

I'm sharing my funny struggle with English vocabulary—especially how every type of 'stuff' from your eyes, nose, and ears has ...

Words in the English language are structured to help children learn, according to research. Words like "woof" accurately represent the sound of a dog while sounds with similar meanings may have a ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...

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