Word choice can have a massive impact on your writing. Words are like ingredients: even a small change in the recipe can affect the finished dish. "They had a warm laugh" But what if "they had a ...

40 years ago, on October 25, 1983, Microsoft unveiled Word, a WYSIWYG text editor. Today, this legendary piece of software and one of the oldest Windows apps marks its 40th birthday. To celebrate this ...

Although it is generally agreed that language differentiates humans from other animals, there’s less agreement as to why. Many scholars, notably Noam Chomsky, have argued that it’s grammar that makes ...

The word of the year for 2021 - according to the Cambridge Dictionary - is "perseverance", with editors crediting global interest in NASA's mission to Mars. Look-ups for the word spiked after ...