As a linguist, I’ve lost count of how many times I have been asked what I think of the various language-learning apps. The truth is that I don’t use them. But of late I have been watching my daughter, ...

A verb is an action word or a state of being. There are four major tenses in English – simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. This lesson suits intermediate learners. (Note: This is not a ...

When language evolves, most might assume it evolves for a reason. But new research upends that idea—a lot of the time, language evolves completely at random. Linguists pooled their expertise with ...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'paper' Job suffixes English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'research' Contractions English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'office' Adjective order English in a ...

Researchers are digging deeper into whether infants' ability to learn new words is shaped by the language being acquired. A new study cites a promising new research agenda aimed at bringing ...

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...