In this op-ed (opinion-editorial) piece from the New York Times, author Costica Bradatan explores the idea of writing in a second language leading to a re-birth […]

Without a doubt, English has a lot of vocabulary, and not all of it is useful. High frequency vocabulary includes words that are the most in […]

You may have heard of spelling bees, which are part of the fabric of American children’s educational experience. Did you know that spelling bees are thought […]

Another great lecture from the TED series. Linguist John McWhorter argues that texting is not destroying writing skills, but rather is an evolving hybrid of written […]