Word Stories: go
Here goes. I’m going to have a go at dealing with go, one of the commonest, and most complicated, verbs…... Read more.
Empowering Language Learners: A Conversation with Stephen John Taylor on TEFL, Assessment, and the Future of Language Education
Stephen John Taylor is a Teacher/Examiner Trainer, Academic Consultant and Presenter. A graduate of Lancaster University (UK), he holds an…... Read more.
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In the mathematical realm of game theory, there is a simple game that has been analyzed and which is often…... Read more.
Word Stories: orange
It’s been said that there are two words in English for which there are no perfect rhymes. One of them…... Read more.
Word Stories: Easter
In most European languages, the spring festival commemorating the resurrection of Christ is referred to by a name related to…... Read more.
Word Stories: cuckoldry
Thanks to the many people who expressed an interest in last month's column on the verb be. A colleague asked…... Read more.
Word Stories: be
Often, the longer and more unusual a word, the easier it is to trace its development. It can be broken…... Read more.
Word Stories: nice
How does a word once full of negative connotations come to mean something positive? Take nice, for example. Nice is…... Read more.
Word Stories: whom
Steve Taylore-Knowles looks at the stories behind the English language. 'he who/whom distinction is going the way of the phonograph…... Read more.
Word Stories: silhouette
Eponyms, names for things derived from people's names, are peppered throughout the English language, like a kind of social history…... Read more.