Casagrande writes that using the correct adverb to modify a verb can often be a swing and miss — just like in baseball.

This word doesn't exist—or rather, it shouldn't. The correct word is simply "regardless," meaning "without regard to" or "despite." According to a survey of nearly 2,000 native English speakers, ...

To first-time learners of the English language, what could easily be its most baffling aspect is its use of the so-called causatives. English uses this strange grammatical structure to denote ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

Bunglesome describes clumsy, careless actions that lead to mistakes and inefficiency, often creating more problems. While less common in speech, this adjective, derived from the verb 'bungle,' appears ...

Word of the day: FATTER Pronunciation: fet·ter UK/ ˈfet.ər/ and US /ˈfet̬.ɚ/ As a noun, 'fetter' means a chain or shackle ...

"Delight" comes from the Old French word delit, meaning "pleasure" or "joy." It entered English in the late Middle Ages and has kept its meaning of bringing happiness or satisfaction. Today, ...

Grace Ji-Sun Kim is one of the most prolific and powerful liberation theologians I know, always directing attention to the ...

When you start using these words intentionally, motivation in life starts feeling sustainable — something you return to even ...

As Americans across the country demonstrate their opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration offensive, the president and his ...

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