You already know how to eat, but do you know how to eat out, eat up, or eat into? In this English lesson, we explore ten ...

The word succour comes from the Latin verb succurrere, meaning “to run to the aid of” (sub = under/from below + currere = to ...

The word buoy dates back to Middle English (boye or boie, 13th–15th century). Its origin is somewhat uncertain but most ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas.

Happy Halloween! While the spooky season might be distracting, your daily Wordle challenge is here, ready to test your ...

The word Halloween seems like a good place to start. The Christian holiday All Saints' Day has been celebrated on Nov. 1 for over a thousand years. Another word for "saint" is "hallow" — as in ...

An increase means that there is more of something There are some words that we often use with 'increase'. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun ...

Besotted (adjective) describes someone who is completely in love, obsessed, or strongly infatuated with someone or something ...

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more here.

Four new educational bingo card sets are now available online to support first-grade English instruction through structured, game-based learning. The new resources focus on verbs, adjectives, nouns, ...

People stumble over this casserole dish by saying koo-gel or kyoo-gel, adding syllables that don’t belong. The authentic pronunciation is KOO-gel or KOO-gl, short and sweet with the emphasis on that ...

Grammar expert June Casagrande tackles the use of hyphens with a close look at eight multiword terms that writers sometimes ...