If you ask those who have never committed any preposition-related error to cast the first stone, even the hand of the most experienced English teacher will begin to shake. The part of speech is as ...

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Ellen Jovin is the author of “Rebel With a Clause: Tales and Tips From a Roving Grammarian” and cofounder of Syntaxis, a communication-skills consulting firm.

So today let me focus on something altogether different: an overall positive initiative on banking regulation from the US Treasury secretary. In remarks given last week, Scott Bessent and Jonathan ...

Lei, X.T. and Huang, D.L. (2026) A Study of Chinese Vocabulary in the Donggan Language from the Perspective of Cross-Cultural Communication. Open Access Library Journal, 13, 1-13. doi: ...

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Not long ago, a cellphone was a cell phone. A teenager was a teen-ager. Goodbye was good-bye. A website was a Web site. Legroom was leg room. Words and compounds evolve all the time. But in this ...

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While filler words can help conversations flow, research suggests overusing them may signal uncertainty or a shaky command of the material (or language in general). In professional settings—like work ...