Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal ...

that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night ...

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The government has announced that some migrants coming to the UK in 2026 will need to demonstrate they can speak English to ...

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These seemingly innocuous terms are the bane of many a writer and speaker, consistently leading to grammatical pile-ups in sentences that should otherwise be cruising smoothly. They’re the subtle ...

Unlike other "languages," sign language—be it American or otherwise—is a visual language, and therefore, can take a long time to master. Here are some other things you might not know about sign ...

Phrasal verbs are verbs that contain more than one word. The 'Bad English Made Better' minipods are short and simple English ...

It can be shocking to realize that we are able to follow grammar rules that no one ever taught us explicitly. But that’s what most of language is—not the little things that textbooks tell us we’re ...

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The conventional grammar wisdom is that turning verbs into nouns — or what is termed “nominalization” in linguistics — is bad for the health of one's prose. The evidence is painfully clear. Take this ...

When a verb is the subject of a sentence, it needs to be in the -ing form. Often, the subject is the first word in a sentence ...