Plural forms in English
The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see …
In defence of grammar
In defence of grammar, some quotes and a complete article by the famous language scholar Mario Pei who analyze the importance of grammar for learning a language. The palest ink is better …
The language of Slang
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am …
Latin and English
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. However, a significant portion of the English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. A portion of …
The English Language
The English language, a brief and synthetic description of the English Language reality, its history, its global diffusion in the world and its different various cultural usages. The first people in Britain …