Here's a fun test. The BBC has a "Spot the fake smile" test. 20 pictures of people...

Still musing about this pronoun question, I ran some searches with some surprising...

I've just come across the above-named volume by Lynne Truss: ISBN 1 86197 6127 It...

I am working on a "simple" computer program to convert numbers to long form english...

Fight to save English spelling A campaign is being launched to protect English words...

Metrosexuals a no-no for linguists The Associated Press The TImes of India Thursday...

Good evening, I want to beg for your indulgence: on one hand, English is not my mother...

Forwarded message posted for discussion: Hindi, English and the future of India By...

Among the seemingly excessive number of paragraph breaks, there's this sentence,...

Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in...

I followed a link to an article by Lynn Coady about Stephen King in the Globe and...

(Apropos of a lesson in which I teach students how to read numbers and the paradox...

Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of...

I have the following questions: 1. If someone calls you at your phone number at the...

I'm having a hard time understanding the refrain (chorus), "A working class hero...

'If I were HIM, I would never tell my wife.' Funny, this. In this conditional clause...

I'm engaged in a discussion about using "perk" as a short form of "perquisite," as...

Hi there and Happy New year all I think one of my new year resolutions is to improve...

English usage in the 2003 recap [link]/ This page lists some memorable, and not...

2006: Hollywood diagnoses its audience Reviews, release dates, campaigns (and dull...