‘The’ is the most commonly used word in English. ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet and is called a pangram. Most average adult English speakers ...

Language is one of the main features that differentiates human beings from other species. Where it comes from, how it is learned and why people have been able to develop such a complex communication ...

University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Sticklers beware. The British Library is hosting it’s English Grammar Day, a day to finely split hairs over split ...

Grammar schools are one of those subjects - they’re either loved or hated. The introduction of the grammar school has split British opinion since their introduction in the 16th century. Some see them ...