Learning English

Two people are “first cousins once removed” when their relationship is that of first cousins plus one generation. In particular, this (...)

Roger that or usually simply Roger (nowadays also often spelled in lower case) is a phrase used in aviation and the military to confirm (...)

Short answer: “Anyone” and “anybody” mean the same, perhaps with one exception. Long answer: Some authors ascribe slightly different (...)

The noun Orient comes from Latin oriens, which means “east”. The word was introduced into English as a general designation for countries (...)

Imagine you want to write a comment to an article you’ve just read. You want to refer to someone else who also posted a comment, so you (...)

Both “dated” and “outdated” can be used to describe things that are out of date, but the difference is that “dated” usually refers to (...)

If you “plead guilty”, it means that you state in court that you are guilty of a crime. So far, so good, but what if the action took place (...)

English speakers are very creative when it comes to making up new words by combining parts of words that already exist. For example, most (...)

If you are wondering whether you should say that something sounds “good to your ear” or “good to your ears”, rest assured that either (...)

A common mistake among non-native speakers is inappropriately using the word “of” after “all”. However, it would be wrong to say that this (...)