English accents: Geordie The term Geordie is used to describe both the natives of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and their distinctive...

Malapropisms: How people sometimes choose the wrong birds A malapropism is the incorrect and often humorous use of a word instead of...

Interesting facts about the English language It should come as no surprise that there are many interesting facts about the English...

Why you should choose your English words carefully English is a language fraught with complications. With its inconsistent grammar and...

English Accents – Brummie the Birmingham Accent There are many regional accents in England. Whenever research is conducted to establish...

So, have you noticed an increase in the use of a certain word? In recent years there has been a marked increase in the use of the...

The correct use of capitalisation If there is one aspect of English grammar that almost everyone gets wrong, at least occasionally, it is...

Another English conundrum – who or whom? Many native English speakers would struggle to explain the correct use of who and whom. Indeed,...

Do I, like, sound really stupid? All languages change and transform over time. The rate at which languages change is accelerating as the...

English Accents – Estuary Spoken by a growing number of people in the south of the country, Estuary is an English accent which is hard to...

The History of the English Language There are more native speakers of Mandarin and Spanish than of English. However, with an estimated...

An English conundrum – that or which? 日本語はこちらをクリックしてください Table of contents An English conundrum – that or which? Defining clauses...

English Dialects – Scouse Borderline incomprehensible, even to native English speakers, Scouse is surely the most distinctive accent in...

Watched pots and fat ladies: English proverbs explained English proverbs are truly fascinating. Native speakers use them all the time,...

The worstest English in the Twittersphere My English teacher exhibited a pathological hatred of both bad grammar and the use of slang. A...